Johanna Konta, Alison Riske knocked out of French Open doubles

British number one singles player Johanna Konta and Alison Riske have exited the French Open doubles after losing 6-3 4-6 6-7 (3-7) to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra-Santonja.

Konta and Riske saw two match points saved before being broken while serving for the match and the Spanish pair won three successive points to win the tie-break.

The opening four games of the match were all broken before Konta and Riske took a 5-3 lead and served out the set.

Garrigues and Parra-Santonja won the opening three games of the second, though, and broke at 5-4 to level, before coming from 5-2 down in the deciding set to take the victory in two hours and 24 minutes.

Konta also suffered an opening round defeat to Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva in the singles draw.

Cover Photo: IMG_3070 by Marianne Bevis used under license by CC BY-ND 2.0.