Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka both crashed out on a dramatic day at the French Open.

Osaka’s grand slam winning run, which took in titles at the US Open and Australian Open, ended with a third-round defeat by Katerina Siniakova before Williams was beaten by young American Sofia Kenin.

Novak Djokovic did not enjoy the hotter temperatures in Paris but eased to a straight-sets victory over Salvatore Caruso.

Picture of the day

Kenin celebrates winning a point against Williams
Kenin celebrates winning a point against Williams (Christophe Ena/AP)

Puppy love

The only downside for Johanna Konta to her memorable run in Paris has been being away from her dog, a dachshund named Bono, after the lead singer of her favourite band U2.

“I got a video of him listening to my on-court interview, and I swear he recognises my voice because you can see his little ears go up,” gushed Konta. “Honestly, it’s so adorable.”

She is planning to get Bono a puppy passport so he can accompany her to Roland Garros next year.

Junior drought

Jack Draper was the runner-up in the boys' singles at Wimbledon last summer
Jack Draper was the runner-up in the boys’ singles at Wimbledon last summer (Nigel French/PA)

Fallen seeds

Women: Naomi Osaka (1), Serena Williams (10), Lesia Tsurenko (27)

Men: Borna Coric (13), Roberto Bautista Agut (18), Dusan Lajovic (30)

Who’s up next?

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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will both be heavily favoured to make the last eight when they take on Argentinian duo Leonardo Mayer and Juan Ignacio Londero, respectively.

A tasty-looking meeting pits Stan Wawrinka against Stefanos Tsitsipas, while last year’s women’s runner-up Sloane Stephens faces former champion Garbine Muguruza.

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