• French Open

O'Brien toppled by Craybas

ESPN staff
May 25, 2010
Katie O'Brien put up a fight but found Jill Craybas too strong © Getty Images
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Katie O'Brien bowed out of the French Open at the first-round stage, but lost little in defeat as she fell to a 6-0 4-6 6-2 defeat to Jill Craybas.

Fellow Britons Anne Keothavong and Elena Baltacha tumbled out of the competition earlier in the week and it looked like O'Brien would follow suit very swiftly as she dropped the opening set to love. But the 24-year-old dug in and put the Craybas serve under pressure.

Both players were guilty of making errors, but it was O'Brien who showed the greater consistency to level the match.

Craybas is a wily campaigner and the 35-year-old seized the initiative when breaking O'Brien's serve at the start of the final set.

O'Brien worked a break point in the sixth game, but was unable to convert and Craybas broke again before wrapping up the match.

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