Hong Kong interest in the French Open is over after Eudice Chong and partner Veronika Erjavec crashed out in the third round of the women’s doubles on Monday.Having come through a pair of three-set encounters to book a date with Shuko Aoyama and Liang En-shuo, Chong and Slovenian Erjavec were beaten 6-1, 6-3 by the Japan-Chinese Taipei duo.The first Hong Kong woman to reach the last-16 of a grand slam, Chong pocketed €22,500 (US$26,200) for her week’s work in Paris. Currently the world No 71 doubles player, she also claimed 240 ranking points to leap to 61st in the live standings.Reaching the quarter-finals would have been worth another €18,500 and 190 points, but Chong and Erjavec made the worst possible start against their unseeded opponents.They were broken in the first game and dropped serve twice more in a 32-minute opening set.Parachuted into the main draw as alternates after the late withdrawal of Venus Williams and Hailey Baptiste, Chong and Erjavec gained some momentum after clinging to serve following a game of five deuces to draw level at 1-1 in the second set.They immediately broke, then held again, only to surrender the next five games, with Aoyama and Liang converting their second match point to win in one hour and 21 minutes.