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Amanda Anisimova: American tennis player Amanda Anisimova suffered an early exit at the French Open on Saturday.
The sixth-seeded player in the women’s singles draw was defeated by unranked French competitor Diane Parry at Roland Garros.
The loss made Anisimova the latest high-seeded player to be eliminated during the opening three rounds of the tournament.
Parry delivered a strong performance to upset one of the event’s top contenders and advance in the competition.
Diane Parry claimed the opening set 6-3 on Saturday, drawing energy from the strong support of the home crowd at Roland Garros.
With several seeded players already eliminated during the tournament’s opening rounds, Amanda Anisimova appeared at risk of becoming another early casualty.
The American responded in the second set with a determined performance. She secured a 6-4 victory to level the match and force a deciding third set.
Anisimova moved within reach of victory in the final set. She held a 5-4 lead and had an opportunity to break Parry’s serve to close out the match.
Parry, however, remained composed under pressure. The French player held serve to even the set at 5-5 and keep her hopes alive.
Amanda Anisimova successfully held serve to move ahead 6-5 in the deciding set, putting additional pressure on Diane Parry as the match reached a critical stage.
Parry then stepped to the service line needing to hold serve to stay alive and force a match tiebreak.
The French player rose to the occasion. She held serve under pressure to level the set and send the contest into a deciding tiebreak.
Under tournament rules, the final-set tiebreak is played to 10 points, with the winner required to maintain a two-point advantage.
The tiebreak remained closely contested early on, with the score locked at 3-3.
Parry then seized complete control of the match. She won seven consecutive points to secure a dominant 10-3 tiebreak victory and complete the upset.
The victory marked a major milestone for 23-year-old Diane Parry.
The French player advanced to the fourth round of Roland Garros for the first time in her career.
Parry is scheduled to face unranked Maja Chwalinska on Monday.
A place in the tournament quarterfinals will be at stake when the two players meet.
Meanwhile, Amanda Anisimova became the latest highly seeded competitor to exit the tournament earlier than expected.
Her defeat added to the growing list of top seeds who have been eliminated during the opening rounds of this year's French Open.
Amanda Anisimova's defeat added to a growing trend of early exits by top-seeded players at this year's French Open.
Several highly ranked contenders have already been eliminated during the opening three rounds of the singles competition.
In the women's draw, fifth-seeded Jessica Pegula was knocked out in the first round.
Second-seeded Elena Rybakina exited in the second round. Sixth-seeded Anisimova also fell before reaching the tournament's second week.
The men's draw has seen a similar wave of upsets. Ninth-seeded Alexander Bublik, sixth-seeded Daniil Medvedev and seventh-seeded Taylor Fritz were all eliminated in the first round.
Fifth-seeded Ben Shelton and top-ranked Jannik Sinner suffered second-round exits.
Eighth-seeded Alex de Minaur and third-seeded Novak Djokovic were both eliminated in the third round.
The unexpected departures of multiple top-10 seeds have made this year's tournament one of the most unpredictable editions in recent memory.
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