Paris – Anastasia Potapova took the defending champion out of the competition at the Tennis French Open on Saturday. The ÖTV player, seeded number 28, retained the upper hand in a third-round thriller against the US fourth-placed Coco Gauff in the world rankings after 2:37 hours with 4:6.7:6(1),6:4. As a reward, she can try out for the second time after 2024 in the round of 16 of the clay Grand Slam tournament. The Russian Anna Kalinskaja, ranked 22nd, is waiting there.