{"id":245992,"date":"2026-05-30T23:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/coco-gauff-upset-is-the-latest-in-week-full-of-stunners-at-roland-garros\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T23:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:01:12","slug":"coco-gauff-upset-is-the-latest-in-week-full-of-stunners-at-roland-garros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/coco-gauff-upset-is-the-latest-in-week-full-of-stunners-at-roland-garros\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff upset is the latest in week full of stunners at Roland-Garros"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s the year of the upset at Roland-Garros.<\/p>\n

The 2026 French Open has been defined by stunning results, and the women’s draw experience one of its biggest so far on Saturday when reigning champion Coco Gauff<\/a> fell to Anastasia Potapova in three sets, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. <\/p>\n

Per ESPN, the third-round exit is Gauff’s earliest at Roland-Garros since her debut run in 2020. She had reached the quarterfinals in five consecutive tournaments.<\/p>\n

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Following the loss, Gauff lamented, “I don’t think I played the way I wanted to in the crucial moments.” After rallying to win the first set and then again to take 6-5 lead in the second, Gauff stumbled, losing the set via tiebreak, 7-1. Later, she served to keep the match alive, but her shot off of Potapova’s return went errant, prematurely ending Gauff’s run in Paris.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The result means that for the first time since 2021, there won’t be a repeat champion in the women’s draw. That year, Barbora Krejcikova won her only (to this point) grand slam, followed by Iga Swiatek reclaiming her crown and winning three straight (2022-24).<\/p>\n

Seeded third in this year’s event, Swiatek has a strong chance of winning her fifth French Open, which would break a tie with Justine Henin for most in the women’s tournament this century. But if Swiatek falters before the finish line, Roland-Garros would have a first-time winner in both the men’s and women’s draw for the first time in 10 years, when Novak Djokovic and Gabine Muguruza each won their first Coups des Mousquetaires<\/em> and Coups Suzanne-Lenglen<\/em>, respectively.<\/p>\n

Gauff’s loss fits with the overarching theme of this year’s tournament, where we’ve come to expect the unexpected. Djokovic, Jannik Sinner and Ben Shelton are among the highly-ranked men who’ve lost early, while Elina Rybakina, Amanda Anisimova and Karolina Muchova are among the top 10 seeds in the women’s draw to exit before the second weekend.<\/p>\n

Based on a wild first seven days at Roland-Garros, more could soon follow.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n