Defending champion Coco Gauff is the most recent large title to exit the French Open after a third-round defeat by Anastasia Potapova.
In a match with a number of large swings of momentum, American fourth seed Gauff misplaced 4-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 to Austria’s Potapova.
The win over two-time Grand Slam champion Gauff means Potapova is into the fourth spherical at Roland Garros for the primary time.
Gauff follows males’s high seed Jannik Sinner’s and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in being knocked out within the first week in Paris.
The 22-year-old beat Aryna Sabalenka in final yr’s last however got here into Roland Garros having not gained a title in 2026.
Potapova’s magnificent defence prompted issues for Gauff all through and the 25-year-old was seen clutching her shoulder after the match, following a variety of bruising rallies.
“I am cramping a bit of bit but it surely’s OK, it is all good. I haven’t got any phrases now, I am extraordinarily completely happy,” stated Potapova.
“The struggle we may present, each of us – Coco is such a champion and I respect her a lot.
“I am unbelievably happy with myself that I stayed there, that I used to be preventing till the final level.”
Potapova will play Russian twenty second seed Anna Kalinskaya within the final 16 after her 6-3 0-6 6-2 victory over Camila Osorio.
