Canada’s Leylah Fernandez is out of the French Open after losing 6-4, 7-6 (5) to Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in the third round Friday.
The eighth-seeded Jabeur hit three aces and won 93 points to 79 for Fernandez en route to taking the match in one hour 53 minutes.
The No. 31 Fernandez of Laval, Que., had five double faults. Fernandez has lost all four of her matches against Jabeur.
Jabeur, who reached the quarterfinal last year, moved on to the fourth round for the fourth time in five years. Fernandez’s career-best result at Roland Garros was a quarterfinal appearance in 2022.
In Canadian men’s third-round action Friday, Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., takes on No. 8 Hubert Hurkacz of Poland and No. 21 Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal meets No. 15 Ben Shelton of the United States.
Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., is scheduled to face No. 12 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy on Saturday.
Sinner, Gauff advance, Rublev ousted
Sixth-seeded Andrey Rublev was knocked out of the French Open by Matteo Arnaldi 7-6 (6), 6-2, 6-4 in the third round.
Rublev showed frustration throughout over his lack of precision, committing 37 unforced errors and four double faults. After netting a forehand in the third set, he smashed his racket on his knee four times.
“I am completely disappointed with myself, with the way I behaved, the way I performed, and I can’t remember ever behaving worse in a Grand Slam tournament,” he said. “It was the first time I ever behaved that badly.”
Rublev entered the French Open as a contender after winning the Madrid Open this month.
Arnaldi, ranked 35th, will face Stefanos Tsitsipas or Zhizhen Zhang, who were scheduled to play later Friday.
No. 2 Jannik Sinner progressed by downing Pavel Kotov 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
On the women’s side, No. 3-seeded Coco Gauff advanced to the fourth round after beating Australian Open semifinalist Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-4.
Gauff pressured her opponent into committing 38 unforced errors on Court Philippe Chatrier, and converted five of her 11 break points.
