Clara Tauson suffers early exit at French Open as nightmare season continues

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tauson-clara/2PPTHPya/"]Clara Tauson[/a] came close, but the Danish tennis star crashed out of the French Open in the first round after losing 6-3, 5-7, 2-6 to Ukrainian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/snigur-daria/YuOTpKxj/"]Daria Snigur[/a].[/p][p]In the second set, the Dane was at one point just two points away from advancing to the second round. But instead, Snigur fought back, won the set 7-5, and forced the match into a third and decisive set where the Ukrainian had the upper hand. [/p][embed guid="7d6c79f6-ca58-41c2-bd19-7f81fe2b66ea" url="https://x.com/TheTennisLetter/status/2058617573437247517" social-type="twitter" /][p]Towards the end of the set, Tauson seemed to be physically affected by the back problems that have troubled her throughout the season. When she fell behind 1-4, she said, "I can't move" in frustration to her coaching team, and the Dane went on to lose the third set clearly 2-6.[/p][p]Tauson is currently ranked No. 21 in the world, while Daria Snigur is No. 95 in the world. [/p]