Coco Gauff led Anastasia Potapova by a set but lost her serve to exit the French Open. Franco Arland / Getty ImagesMay 30, 2026 2:09 pm EDT Updated PARIS — Coco Gauff’s French Open title defense ended Saturday, on the court where she collapsed to the clay a year ago as the winner of a second Grand Slam title, a capacity crowd exploding for her, the biggest star in the sport triumphing on one of its biggest stages once again.Fifty-one weeks later the scenes on Court Philippe-Chatrier could not have been more different as Anastasia Potapova, the Russian-turned-Austrian who has blasted her way back to relevance this spring came back from a set down to outlast Gauff on arguably her best surface, 4-6, 7-6(1), 4-6 on a strange evening in tournament’s main stage.
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