There were three French women and men competing at the US Open, on the night of Saturday to Sunday (Paris time).
After Richard Gasquet, corrected by Rafael Nadal, Alizé Cornet and Clara Burel were also eliminated in the third round of the New York Grand Slam.
Caroline Garcia and Corentin Moutet will be the only tricolor representatives in the round of 16.
It's already better than last year, when no Blue had passed the third round.
Alizé Cornet, 40th in the world, was beaten 6-4, 7-6 (11/9) by the American Danielle Collins (19th) who had put an end to the Frenchwoman's best Grand Slam career at the start of the season, in quarter-finals at the Australian Open.
The Niçoise got three balls to equalize at a set everywhere in the tie-break of the second set, but it was finally Collins who concluded on his second match point.
A record for Cornet
At 32, Cornet has never made it past the round of 16 in New York and remained on the verge of elimination as soon as she entered the competition in 2021. However, she set a new record in New York of 63 appearances in consecutive Grand Slam tournaments. , improving the one she co-held since Wimbledon with the Japanese Ai Sugiyama.
Clara Burel's superb career came to an abrupt end: the 131st in the world, from qualifying, found herself powerless against Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (6th) who swept her away 6-0, 6-2.
The Frenchwoman participated at the age of 21 in her second New York Major (elimination in the first round in 2021) and equaled her best Grand Slam result, already achieved at Roland-Garros in 2020. This season, she had been eliminated in the first round of the first three Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, Roland-Garros, Wimbledon).
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