French Open 2012: Day 3 Scores, Results and Recap

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Published: May 29, 2012

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We finally have our first shocker of the French Open—Serena Williams is finished.

In a tournament that until now was devoid of any enormous shockers, the elimination of Williams will reverberate around the tennis world. She was 17-0 on clay this year and came into this tournament as a popular favorite, making her loss all the more shocking.

Beyond that, the the third day at Roland Garros went as planned. Let's take a look back at the day's most relevant results.

 

Serena Williams Loses






Serena Williams (5) 6 6(5) 3 Virginie Razzano 4 7(7) 6


Heading into Tuesday's match against France’s Virginie Razzano, Serena Williams was 46-0 in Grand Slam first rounds.

Make that 46-1.

Razzano pulled off the shocking upset which included an amazing final game that saw Williams finally fall on the eighth match point, easily the most tense and exciting tennis Roland Garros has seen thus far.

Serena appeared to have this match won in the second set, when she led 5-1 in the tiebreaker. And then everything changed.

At 5-2, Serena stopped playing on a Razzano volley she deemed out of play. The chair umpire disagreed, video replay showed the ball just barely nicking the line, making the call correct, and Razzano rallied to win the tiebreaker.

With that, the momentum in the match changed hands.

Between sets, Williams appeared to be crying courtside and promptly dropped five straight games before mounting a late resistance. But it was too late.

 

The Big Names (Mostly) Advance



 

Simone Bolelli
2
2
1
Rafael Nadal (2)
6
6
6
 

Tatsuma Ito
1
5
0
Andy Murray (4) 6
7
6
 

David Ferrer (6)
6
6
6
...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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