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Top three women all out by third round in historic French Open

No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska lost in the third round of the French Open. (Pascal Gayot/AFP/Getty Images) Another French Open upset has left the women's draw
Top three women all out by third round in historic French Open
Top three women all out by third round in historic French Open

No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska lost in the third round of the French Open. (Pascal Gayot/AFP/Getty Images)

Another French Open upset has left the women's draw without a top three seed in the fourth round for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament in the Open era.

No. 72 Ajla Tomljanovic stunned No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-4 in the third round on Friday. Radwanska joins No. 1 Serena Williams (who lost in the second round) and No. 2 Li Na (who lost in the first round) in making an early exit from the second major of the year.

The top three seeds were all beaten by players born in 1993: Tomljanovic, 21, defeated a top-25 player for the first time; Garbine Muguruza, 20, needed only 64 minutes to crush Williams 6-2, 6-2 for her first victory against a top eight opponent; and Kristina Mladenovic, 21, who has seen her ranking plummet to No. 103 from No. 36, upset Li 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.

"After seeing the two first seeds go out, you kind of feel like, I can do this, too," said Tomljanovic, who is making her French Open debut. "I grew up with these girls that are beating [Williams and Li]."

The top remaining seeds are No. 4 Simona Halep, No. 5 Petra Kvitova, No. 6 Jelena Jankovic, No. 7 Maria Sharapova, No. 8 Angelique Kerber and No. 10 Sara Errani. No. 9 Dominika Cibulkova lost to No. 19 Sam Stosur on Friday. No. 11 Ana Ivanovic, who has had a resurgent year, is also still in the draw.

Click here for our recent Q&A with Tomljanovic, who, in her fourth major, is into the fourth round for the first time. Check out highlights of her victory over Radwanska below:

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