Tsonga retires seven games into French Open match, sending Gulbis into fourth round

The French Open has lost another highly-ranked fan favorite due to injury before the second week.

A day after Rafael Nadal withdrew from the season’s second Slam, sixth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was forced to retire from his third-round match with a leg injury.

The Frenchman was leading Ernests Gulbis 5-2 in the first set when he called it quits.

Tsonga, clearly in pain, walked off the court with a trainer to seek medical attention. Upon his return, he announced that he could no longer continue.

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Playing in front of his home crowd, the 31-year-old Le Mans native was emotionally distraught. He could be seen wiping tears from his eyes with his towel.

Though Tsonga has never reached the final of Roland Garros—his lone appearance in a Grand Slam final came in 2008 in Melbourne—he’s enjoyed plenty of success in Paris. The world No. 7 reached the French Open semifinals last year and in 2013.

Gulbis, ranked 80th in the world, will play 12th seed David Goffin in the fourth round. Goffin defeated Nicolas Almagro, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, in just under three hours on Saturday.

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Gulbis’ career has widely been considered a disappointment thus far—he was ranked as high as No. 10 in June of 2014—but the 28-year-old Latvian did reach the semifinals of the French Open in 2014.

Before the tournament started, Gael Monfils—another beloved Frenchman—pulled out of his home Slam with a viral infection.