Stefanos Tsitsipas suffers gigantic French Open upset to world No. 167 as top stars suffer

became the latest top player to suffer a gigantic upset at the hands of the appropriately named Italian qualifier, Matteo Gigante. A former finalist in Paris, the 20th seed was stunned by the world No. 167, who sent shockwaves through the tournament as he sealed a statement 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4 victory and shouted: "Allez la France!"

Tsitsipas is the latest big name to go out after an on Wednesday and No. 11 seed Daniil Medvedev crashed out .

The Greek star has been struggling of late. His ranking has taken a tumble in recent weeks, and he lost his second round in his last two tournaments at the Masters 1000s in Madrid and Rome.

There have also been plenty of questions surrounding his coaching situation following rumours that Goran Ivanisevic was going to join his camp after the clay swing, only for his father and ex-coach Apostolos to start sitting in his box again.

After having success when he trialled a blacked-out racket from another brand instead of his signature Wilson blade - winning the ATP 500 in Dubai - he has also switched back to his Wilson stick and is no longer seeing the results.

So it was no surprise that world No. 167 Gigante was able to trouble the 26-year-old, but nobody could have expected that Tsitsipas would fall so early to a qualifier.

At one set all, Tsitsipas was in serious trouble. The third set ran away from him as Gigante raced into a 5-1 lead and took it a couple of games later, and the 2021 runner-up was faced with a mountain to climb.

But he couldn't complete the comeback, despite a last-ditch effort in the final game of the match. The No. 20 seed saved a match point on his serve, then had multiple chances to break when the Italian tried to serve it out.

But he couldn't stay alive, and Gigante snuffed out the break points before sending him packing, causing another giant upset in the men's singles draw. He celebrated by declaring "Mamma Mia" and gesturing with his hands in a classic Italian che vuoi gesture.

"It's real?" the qualifier said in disbelief as he addressed the Court Simonne-Mathieu crowd after a warm exchange with Tsitsipas at the net.

"I feel very, very good for sure. It was a fight. He is an amazing player so I played very well and I'm very happy.

"In this month I work for sure [on staying calm] so this is the fruit of the job that I do every day. I say thank you to my team, nothing else!"

The 23-year-old also paid tribute to the crowd, who got behind him all the way. "Allez la France! I played Rome Masters 1000 two weeks ago but here I feel very well. Now it's two weeks that I stay here and I continue to stay here," he laughed.

Gigante, who had never won a main-draw Grand Slam match before this week, is now through to the third round to face 13th seed Ben Shelton, who got a walkover when