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Fourth-seeded Coco Gauff and sixth-seeded Amanda Anisimova on Saturday became the latest high-seeded players to bow of the French Open tournament.
No. 28-seeded Anastasia Potapova overcame a first-set setback to notch a 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4 win over Gauff at Roland Garros.
Benefited by the support of the home crowd, unseeded Frenchwoman Diane Parry posted a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3) victory over Anisimova on Saturday at Roland Garros.
Gauff and Anisimova joined fifth-seeded Jessica Pegula in earning early exits from the tournament. Kimberly Birrell recorded her first-ever French Open victory on Tuesday with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Pegula.
Gauff looked poised to take control of her match after holding a 40-15 advantage while tied 3-3 in the third set. She failed to convert a pair of break points before Potapova rallied to win three of the final four points to end the match.
Anisimova held a 5-4 lead in the final set with the chance to break the 23-year-old Parry but was unsuccessful in her bid to end the match, The two were tied at 3-3 in the tiebreaker before Parry rattled off seven consecutive points to pick up the win.
Parry advanced to the fourth round to face unranked Maja Chwalinska on Monday.
--Field Level Media
