2017 French Open: Top 5 upsets from the Women's Singles tournament so far

Modified Jun 05, 2017 10:55 GMT

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 30: Johanna Konta of Great Britain walks off court following defeat in the first round match against Su-Wei Hsieh of Taipei on day three of the 2017 French Open at Roland Garros on May 30, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) — Konta is yet to win a main draw match at the French Open

#4 Dominika Cibulkova

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 31: Dominika Cibulkoba of Slovakia plays a forehand during the ladies singles second round match against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia on day four of the 2017 French Open at Roland Garros on May 31, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) — Cibulkova was knocked out in the second round

Last year’s WTA Finals Champion was considered a dark horse as well for the French Open despite second round losses at the Madrid and Italian Masters. Seeded sixth, the 2009 semi-finalist was up against Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena and registered a routine win by thrashing her 6-2, 6-1.

In the second round, the Slovak was up against Tunisian Ons Jabeur who was ranked 114^th in the world and was able to enter the tournament as a lucky loser after Laura Siegemund pulled out of the competition.

In a surprising turn of events, Jabeur scripted one of the upsets of the tournament by defeating Cibulkova rather comfortably by the scoreline of 6-4, 6-3. This was Jabeur’s first victory over a top 10 player and the lowest ranked player to defeat Cibulkova at a Grand Slam since CiCi Bellis at the 2014 US Open. Jabeur was comprehensively beaten by 30^th seed Timea Bacsinszky in the third round, however.

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