With Coco Gauff's exit, the wild French Open gets even wilder

PARIS -- A day after Novak Djokovic's stunning loss to Joao Fonseca, and two days after Jannik Sinner's still staggering upset by Juan Manuel Cerundolo, defending champion Coco Gauff fell in three baffling sets to Anastasia Potapova, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4, in the third round at the French Open.

On Saturday afternoon, a sun-soaked crowd at Philippe-Chatrier watched Gauff, the tournament's No. 4 seed, battle her way back after falling into early deficits in the first and second sets. But ultimately, she came up short in two hours and 37 minutes. When it was over with a forehand winner, No. 28 seed Potapova fell to the ground and onto her back.