Five Tricolores were still alive at the end of the 3rd round after five days of competition.
Almost blue-white-red fireworks for French tennis in crisis.
But, at the end of a black Saturday on the land of the Porte d'Auteuil, the party ended in a wet firecracker, with five survivors eliminated without taking the slightest set against their opponents.
The last in the running, Hugo Gaston was slapped in the night session by the Dane Holger Rune (6-3, 6-3, 6-3).
Alizé Cornet, injured, gave up (led 6-0, 3-0 by Zheng), and Gilles Simon, out of breath, gave up against Cilic (6-0, 6-3, 6-2).
Diane Parry (exit by Stephens, 6-2, 6-3) and Léolia Jeanjean (eliminated by Begu 6-1, 6-4) had been overtaken by their inexperience on Friday.
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