French Open: No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina knocked out in second round by Yuliia Starodubtseva

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Unseeded Yuliia Starodubtseva knocked out No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (10-4) during Thursday’s second-round action at Roland-Garros.

This is the first time that Rybakina, who won the Australian Open in January, has failed to reach the third round at Roland-Garros since 2020.

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This is the earliest a No. 2 seed has lost at Roland-Garros since Barbora Krejčíková failed to defend her title after going out in the first round in 2022.

Rybakin fell behind and eventually lost due to the large number of errors. She recorded 71 unforced errors in the match

Starodubtseva will face either No. 26 seed Hailey Baptiste or qualifier Xiy Wang of China.