{"id":303047,"date":"2023-06-01T20:34:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T20:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=303047"},"modified":"2023-06-01T21:59:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T21:59:25","slug":"legend-stunned-as-de-minaur-leaves-aussies-stranded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=303047","title":{"rendered":"Legend stunned as De Minaur leaves Aussies stranded"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanasi Kokkinakis<\/a> is the last Aussie standing in the men's Roland-Garros<\/a> draw after Alex de Minaur<\/a> was shocked in straight sets.<\/p>\n

De Minaur, the draw's No.18 seed, was beaten by unseeded Argentine player \ufeffTomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3.<\/p>\n

While "The Demond" produced some magical moments – as he always does – he was hit off the court by the powerful underdog.<\/p>\n

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Kokkinakis, meantime, will carry the Aussie flag alone as he takes on Karen Khachanov in round three in Paris. Max Purcell was also bundled out in the second round.<\/p>\n

De Minaur wasn't the only seeded men's player stunned overnight, \ufeffwith No.8 Jannik Sinner losing a wild 6-7 (0), 7-6 (7), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 epic to 79th-ranked Daniel Altmaie.<\/p>\n

No.4 Casper Ruud, No.12 Frances Tiafoe and No.15 Borna Coric all won.<\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/p>\n

Sinner held two match points while serving for the victory at 5-4 in the fourth set but couldn\u2019t convert either. Altmaier came all the way back to end things with an ace on his fifth match point.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if you can call it a historical match,\u201d Altmaier said as he wiped away tears, \u201cbut I think it was one to remember.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mirra Andreeva is the latest teen sensation in tennis, a 16-year-old Russian who is the youngest player to win a match in the women's main draw at the French Open since 2005.<\/p>\n

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Do the math: That\u2019s before she was born.<\/p>\n

The 143rd-ranked Andreeva made her way through qualifying rounds last week without dropping a set to earn her debut berth in the women\u2019s bracket at a grand slam tournament \u2014 and she still is making things look easy so far at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n

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A 6-1, 6-2 victory over Diane Perry of France in 77 minutes put her in the third round; that followed a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Alison Riske-Amritraj of the US that lasted 56 minutes.<\/p>\n

Next up will be a contest against 2022 Roland-Garros runner-up Coco Gauff, who beat Julia Grabher 6-2, 6-3. Gauff, a 19-year-old American, is seeded No.6 and made her initial breakthrough by beating Venus Williams en route to the fourth round at Wimbledon at age 14.<\/p>\n

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Gauff is one of just 12 seeded women left in the field, the fewest to reach the third round at Roland-Garros since the number of seeds expanded to 32 in 2002.<\/p>\n

Andreeva and Gauff have practiced together, but that won't mean much Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe practice and the match is different, so I might also play different,\u201d Andreeva said. \u201cI don\u2019t know. Who knows?\u201d<\/p>\n

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In the match before Andreeva vs Perry at Court Simonne Mathieu, another qualifier made it to the third round when Kayla Day, a Californian ranked 138th, knocked out No.20 Madison Keys 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n

Keys, the runner-up at the 2017 US Open and a semi-finalist at the 2018 French Open, made 74 unforced errors, 51 more than Day.<\/p>\n

Day, 23, is playing in a major tournament for the first time since 2017 after a litany of injuries \u2014 she listed a torn thigh muscle, a fractured foot, torn hip labrums and a bout with mononucleosis.<\/p>\n

The exits by seeded women continued with Bernarda Pera defeating No.22 Donna Vekic 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, although No.1 Iga Swiatek, No.4 Elena Rybakina and No.7 Ons Jabeur all advanced in straight sets.<\/p>\n

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