American tennis player Amanda Anisimova became the latest high-seeded tennis player to lose in the first three rounds at Roland Garros on Saturday.
Anisimova faced sixth-seeded and unranked Diane Parry in the women’s draw.
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Parry took advantage of the home crowd to take the first set 6-3. Given the upsets early in the tournament for both the men’s and women’s races, it seemed like Anisimova might be the next to be eliminated early.
The American fought back in the second set, winning 6-4 and taking the match to a third set.
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Anisimova led 5-4 in the final set and had a chance to win with a break on parry, but the Frenchwoman tied the set at five games apiece.
The American held her serve when the third set was 6-5. All eyes were on whether Parry would be able to hold serve and take the match to a tiebreak, or whether Anisimova would be able to escape and emerge victorious.
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Parry persevered and took the match to a tiebreak. Scores differ in tie-breaks. The winner is first to score 10 points, but must win by two points.
The game was tied 3-3 in the tiebreak, but Parry then scored seven consecutive points to win 10-3.
Parry, 23, will be playing in the fourth round of Roland Garros for the first time in his career. She will face unranked Maja Chwalinska on Monday for a spot in the quarterfinals.
Animisova joins a long list of top seeds falling into the early rounds of this year’s tournament.
Jessica Pegula (5th place, 1st round), Elena Rybakina (2nd place, 2nd round), Alexander Bublik (9th place, 1st round), Daniil Medvedev (6th place, 1st round), Taylor Fritz (7th place, 1st round), Ben Shelton ( 5th place, 2nd round), Jannik Sinner (1st place, 2nd round) The top 10 seeds who lost in the first three rounds of the singles draw are Alex de Minaur (8th place, 3rd round) and Novak Djokovic (3rd place, 3rd round), as well as Animisova.
