Coco gauff suffered an upset loss against No. 28 Anastasia Potapova on Saturday at Roland Garros. Gauff previously was 5-0 in the third round at the French Open, and even took the first set of the match.
potapova then won the second set, causing the reigning Roland Garros women’s champion to drop her first set of this year’s tournament Potapova was down 3-1 in the third set, but then rattled off three straight wins to regain the set lead Gauff tied the set at four games apiece, but then Potapova took the final two games to finalize the upset 4-6, 7-6, 6-4.
This is only the second time in her career that the 25-year-old Potapova will play in the fourth round of a Grand Slam. The last time she did was at the 2024 French Open, where she lost in straight sets to future champion Iga Świątek. Play 2026 Soccer Pick ‘Em with FOX One and make your picks for the world’s biggest soccer tournamentNow, Potapova will look to regain her composure after one of the biggest wins of her career and turn her attention to facing No.
22 Anna Kalinskaya on Monday. A win in that match would have Potapova competing in the first quarterfinal round of a grand slam in her career. Gauff’s early loss is something that hasn’t been seen in the last three years.
It is the earliest loss at the French Open for a reigning champion since 2022. That year, 2-seeded Barbora Krejčíková was upset in the first round by Diane Parry. For Gauff, she joins a long list of top-seeded competitors to lose in the first three rounds of this year’s Roland Garros.
Jessica Pegula (No. 5, 1st round), Elena Rybakina (No. 2, 2nd round), Amanda Anisimova (No.
6, 3rd round), Alexander Bublik (No. 9, 1st round), Daniil Medvedev (No. 6, 1st round), Taylor Fritz (No.
7, 1st round), Ben Shelton (No. 5, 2nd round), Jannik Sinner (No. 1, 2nd round), Alex de Minaur (No.
8, 3rd round) and Novak Djokovic (No. 3, 3rd round) as well as Gauff are the top 10 seeds who have lost in the first three rounds of the singles draws.
