Elena Rybakina was ‌sent spinning out of the French Open on Wednesday after a 3-6 6-1 7-6 (10-4) second-round defeat to ‌Ukrainian Yuliia Starodubtseva, leaving the women’s draw short of ​a genuine contender for the title in Paris.Russian-born Kazakh Rybakina arrived at Roland Garros as the second seed following her Australian Open victory in January and earned ​her tour-leading 31st match victory after dismantling Veronika Erjavec in the opening round.The 26-year-old was ⁠unable to conjure up her best form on Court Suzanne Lenglen, ‌however, ‌as ​she wilted in the deciding set tie-break and handed the victory to her opponent with a forehand ⁠that went long.“Honestly it’s ​hard to describe, I’m super happy,” ​said Starodubtseva as she soaked up cheers from the crowd.“Elena is one ‌of the top players. She’s ​had an incredible year. I’m super proud of myself that I was ⁠able to do this. It ⁠was a ​hard third set, but I got it done.”It was Starodubtseva’s first top-five win. The world number 55 will now take on American Hailey Baptiste or China’s Wang Xiyu in the third round.Rybakina, a two-time Grand Slam champion, did not help her own cause, committing 71 unforced errors in a match that featured ‌107 in total, but ⁠she began to mount a spirited fightback towards the end.“I expected her to come back,” said Starodubtseva, who was previously ‌0-6 in matches against top-10 opponents.“You can’t be thinking it’s ever going to be ​easy, even at 3-0 up (in the decider), I ​had a feeling it wasn’t going to be easy. That was so.”In the men’s singles, Novak Djokovic overcame some stiff ‌resistance from Valentin Royer to move into the third round with a 6-3 6-2 6-7(7) 6-3 victory.The ​39-year-old Serbian, eying a history-making 25th Grand Slam title, was precision personified as he breezed through the ​opening two sets on Court Philippe Chatrier.Djokovic was ⁠in control of the third set too as he ‌moved ‌a ​break of serve ahead but was dragged into a fierce scrap as the Frenchman ⁠began to make his ​mark with some heavy hitting.Royer ​saved a match point in the third-set tie-break and ‌then pounced to extend the ​contest to the delight of the crowd.There were signs of ⁠irritation as Djokovic railed ⁠at ​his coaching box but he was soon back in the groove to forge 4-1 ahead in the fourth set as the shadows lengthened.The three-time French Open champion, making his record-equalling 22nd appearance in the main draw, suffered a wobble when serving for the ‌match at 5-3, ⁠letting three match points slip by and saving a break point before sealing the win.He becomes only ‌the fourth man in the professional era to reach the third round ​in Paris after his 39th birthday but ​will have his eyes set on a much deeper run.