{"id":9277,"date":"2026-05-30T23:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/9277\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T23:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:10:10","slug":"french-open-matches-halted-as-psg-fans-celebrate-moment-they-won-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/9277\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open matches halted as PSG fans celebrate moment they won Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several French Open matches had to be paused as fans celebrated Paris Saint-Germain&#8217;s Champions League win over Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/4295570\/psg-win-champions-league-arsenal-gabriel-penalty\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Enrique&#8217;s side prevailed<\/a> in a nail-biting penalty shootout after the contest had finished 1-1 after extra-time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Paris Saint-Germain lift the Champions League trophy.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/marquinhos-paris-saint-germain-lifts-1084935919.jpg\" data-caption=\"It's two titles in as many years for the Parisians\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/marquinhos-paris-saint-germain-lifts-1084935919.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s two titles in as many years for the ParisiansCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>It was Arsenal defender Gabriel who <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/4295465\/arsenal-champions-league-final-player-ratings-gabriel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">missed the decisive penalty, <\/a>blazing his effort well over the crossbar.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian&#8217;s failure to convert sparked delirium amongst the travelling PSG supporters in Budapest and indeed around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Although millions will have tuned in to witness the contest, those in attendance at the <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/french-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">French Open<\/a> on Saturday evening will have missed out as they had some world class tennis to keep them occupied.<\/p>\n<p>But that didn&#8217;t stop them from learning of the result.<\/p>\n<p>Read more tennis newsParty time in Paris<\/p>\n<p>As Gabriel&#8217;s penalty sailed into the stands in Budapest, cheers rang out across the Roland Garros precinct.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, so loud were the screams of joy, several matches on Saturday had to be momentarily stopped.<\/p>\n<p>The moment was captured early on in Frances Tiafoe&#8217;s third round match against Jaime Faria.<\/p>\n<p>As Faria prepared to serve down 15-40 in the ninth game of the first set, the Portuguese star had to step away from the baseline to recompose himself.<\/p>\n<p>The TNT Sports coverage then cut to fans celebrating outside the courts at Roland Garros, having witnessed the end of the contest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re starting to go crazy,&#8221; TNT Sports commentator and tennis icon John McEnroe said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PSG fans celebrate winning the Champions League at the French Open\" height=\"530\" width=\"718\" data-credit=\"TNT Sports\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/psg-fans-french-open-celebrations.jpg\" data-caption=\"PSG supporters didn't miss out on the action despite being at the French Open\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/psg-fans-french-open-celebrations.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>PSG supporters didn&#8217;t miss out on the action despite being at the French OpenCredit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n<p>He then joked that they may have been cheering for Canadian star Victoria Mboko.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know they like Mboko, but I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s because she won the second,&#8221; McEnroe added.<\/p>\n<p>If any of the cheers were for Mboko, they unfortunately didn&#8217;t last as she lost 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 to America&#8217;s Madison Keys.<\/p>\n<p>Chaos reigns supreme at Roland Garros<\/p>\n<p>The stoppages in play didn&#8217;t quite lend themselves to causing any boil-overs as significant as what transpired earlier this week in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/tennis\/4290821\/jannik-sinner-out-french-open-medical-timeout\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was bundled out in the second round<\/a> by Juan Manuel Cerundolo on Thursday, blowing a two-set lead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/jannik-sinner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sinner<\/a> was up 5-1 in the third set and looked on course for safe passage into the next round, only to capitulate in extraordinary fashion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jannik SINNER (ITA) during the tennis Grand Slam of Roland Garros 2026\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Shutterstock Editorial\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tennis-grand-slam-roland-garros-1084421329.jpg\" data-caption=\"Sinner was unable to add a fifth grand slam to his collection\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tennis-grand-slam-roland-garros-1084421329.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Sinner was unable to add a fifth grand slam to his collectionCredit: Shutterstock Editorial<\/p>\n<p>With Sinner out and Carlos Alcaraz absent from the tournament due to injury, the path opened up for <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/novak-djokovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> as he searched for a record-breaking 25th major.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/tennis\/4294794\/novak-djokovic-eliminated-french-open-joao-fonseca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Serbian superstar fell<\/a> despite holding a two-set lead for just the second time in his career as teenage sensation Joao Fonseca roared back to win a five-set thriller.<\/p>\n<p>Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n<p>It marked Djokovic&#8217;s first loss to a teenager at a grand slam and his earliest exit from the French Open since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>With no Sinner, Djokovic or Alcaraz remaining, it means someone outside of the trio will win a grand slam for the first time since the 2021 US Open, when Daniil Medvedev prevailed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several French Open matches had to be paused as fans celebrated Paris Saint-Germain&#8217;s Champions League win over 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