The 19-year-old player, born in Nice but having always lived in Boulogne-Billancourt, was playing the 3rd round of a Major for the first time after having already reached the 2nd in Paris in 2019 when she was still a junior.
Despite the support of the public and some nice points, she was clearly dominated by her opponent.
In the second set, she saved a match point at 5-1 on her serve.
A discomfort in the public then interrupted the game for several minutes while the players were still tied in this seventh game.
On the restart, Parry won his service game and took over one of his opponent's service games.
At 5-3, she still saved two match points but lost on the next one, the fourth in total, with a woody shot that sent the ball beyond the limits of the court (her 36th unforced error) .
Stephens, winner of the 2017 US Open, will face the Swiss Jil Teichmann (24th) to try to climb into the quarters.
She has not reached the quarters in Paris or any other Grand Slam tournament since 2019.
Four other French people will try on Saturday to reach the round of 16: Léolia Jeanjean and Alizé Cornet for women, Gilles Simon and Hugo Gaston for men.
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