Venus out, Ivanovic and Nadal advance

Venus Williams (seen after her loss) was eliminated from the French Open on Friday, losing in the third round of the clay-court major for the third straight year.

The third-seeded Williams, who reached the 2002 final at Roland Garros, lost to No 29 Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-0, 6-4.

It was only the 14th time in 662 career matches that Williams lost a set at love.

The seven-time Grand Slam champion was playing for the third straight day.

She lost the first set of her second-round match on Wednesday, but saved a match point before beating Lucie Safarova in three on Thursday.

She was also stretched to three sets in the first round.

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