Jordan Thompson has followed fellow Australian Bernard Tomic out the French Open exit gates with another despairing five-set grand slam defeat.
Thompson’s valiant fightback from two sets down proved fruitless as he bowed out 6-1 6-4 2-6 4-6 6-3 to Norwegian qualifier Casper Ruud on Monday.
The setback follows gut-wrenching losses to Nicolas Kicker in Melbourne and Thomas Fabbiano in New York.
Thompson also lost in the opening round in Paris last year.
Tomic earlier fell in four sets – 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4 – to Argentine lucky loser Marco Trungelliti, leaving Australia none from four so far following Ajla Tomljanovic’s elimination on Sunday at the hands of women’s fourth seed Elina Svitolina.