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Cape Town - South Africa suffered a French Open disappointment with the exit of Raven Klaasen in the first round of the men's doubles.
The sixth-seeded pair of Klaasen and his New Zealand partner, Michael Venus, were on Tuesday eliminated when they lost to Marius Copil (Belgium) and Rohan Bopanna (India) in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).
Copil and Bopanna are unseeded in the tournament.
Klaasen, whose best finish in the clay-court Grand Slam was in the third round last year, now leaves Lloyd Harris in the singles as the only South African remaining in the tournament.
Results from the third day of the French Open on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
Men
1st round
Fabio Fognini (ITA x9) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-3, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
Federico Del Bonis (ARG) bt Guillermo García-López (ESP) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Taylor Fritz (USA) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x18) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Dusan Lajovic (SRB x30) bt Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Elliot Benchetrit (FRA) bt Cameron Norrie (GBR) 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
Mikael Ymer (SWE) bt Blaž Rola (SLO) 6-0, 6-3, 7-6 (7/5)
Alexander Zverev (GER x5) bt John Millman (AUS) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 2-6, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3
Kyle Edmund (GBR x28) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 7-6 (7/1), 5-7, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Fernando Verdasco (ESP x23) bt Dan Evans (GBR) 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-2
Karen Khachanov (RUS x10) bt Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) 6-1, 6-1, 6-4
Grégoire Barrère (FRA) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS) 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-1
Lucas Pouille (FRA x22) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
Jordan Thompson (AUS) bt Alejandro Davidovich (ESP) 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 7-6 (7/4), 7-5, 6-7 (7/9), 7-5
Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) bt Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 6-7 (7/9), 6-0, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Juan Martín Del Potro (ARG x8) bt Nicolás Jarry (CHI) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
Women
1st round
Naomi Osaka (JPN x1) bt Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (SVK) 0-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-1
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) bt Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)
Caroline Garcia (FRA x24) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 6-2, 6-4
Anna Blinkova (RUS) bt Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 6-3, 4-6, 8-6
Priscilla Hon (AUS) bt Tímea Babos (HUN) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
Madison Keys (USA x14) bt Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 6-1, 6-2
Kurumi Nara (JPN) bt Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
Bianca Andreescu (CAN x22) bt Marie Bouzková (CZE) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Magda Linette (POL) bt Chloé Paquet (FRA) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) bt Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 6-3, 2-2 - retired
Lesya Tsurenko (UKR x27) bt Eugénie Bouchard (CAN) 6-2, 6-2
Daria Kasatkina (RUS x21) bt Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 6-2, 6-3
Mónica Puig (PUR) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 6-1, 7-5
Wang Qiang (CHN x16) bt Saisai Zheng (CHN) 6-1, 7-5
Aryna Sabalenka (BLR x11) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 7-5, 6-1
Amanda Anisimova (USA) bt Harmony Tan (FRA) 6-3, 6-1
Amanda Anisimova (USA) bt Harmony Tan (FRA) 6-3, 6-1
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) bt Zhu Lin (CHN) 6-1, 6-1
Karolína Muchová (CZE) bt Anett Kontaveit (EST x17) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
