Number 1 tennis player devastated in Paris.

247, with information from Agência Estado – It was a surprising and categorical thrashing. World number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark was decisively eliminated from Roland Garros this Friday. She was crushed by Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, and said goodbye to Paris in the third round of the competition. The tournament's number one seed, Wozniacki thus had her dream of winning her first Grand Slam title postponed.

The Dane's defeat also ended up being historic for Roland Garros, as for the first time in the Open Era of tennis, which began in 1968, the two top seeds were eliminated on the French clay before the round of 16 - last Thursday, Belgian Kim Clijsters, seeded as the second favorite, surprisingly fell to Dutch player Arantxa Rus in the third round.

Boasting the modest status of 28th seed at Roland Garros, Hantuchova will face Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the round of 16, who on Friday beat Canadian Rebecca Marinno 6-0, 6-4.

The statistics from Friday's match clearly showed the reasons for Wozniacki's crushing defeat. On a very unfortunate day on the court, she only won 47% of the points she played when using her first serve and managed a meager 8 winners (compared to 26 by the Slovakian). To top it off, the world number 1 tennis player only took advantage of one of three break points conceded by her opponent, while Hantuchova was successful in five out of six chances to win games on the Dane's serve.

In another match that recently concluded at Roland Garros, the Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, the 11th seed, defeated the German Julia Goerges 2-1, with scores of 3-6, 6-2, and 6-4, advancing to the round of 16. As a result, the home player will now face the Argentinian Gisela Dulko, who was another surprise of the day, eliminating the Australian Samantha Stosur, the eighth seed.