Tauson misses three set points and crashes out against Parry in Monterrey quarter-final

[p]Danish tennis player [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tauson-clara/2PPTHPya/"]Clara Tauson[/a] was eliminated from the WTA 500 tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, early Friday morning CET.[/p][p]Tauson lost her quarter-final match against France's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/parry-diane/hQQLzcNT/"]Diane Parry[/a], 3-6, 5-7. Parry is ranked 50th in the world, while Tauson is ranked No. 42.[/p][p]Parry managed to break the Dane's serve early on and subsequently comfortably secured the first set. Tauson sought a comeback in the second set and quickly managed to break Parry's serve to take a 2-0 lead.[/p][embed guid="877c9255-1de8-4917-9b93-93761a8eaf62" url="https://x.com/WTA/status/2093180624970613050" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Dane went up 5-3 and held three set points, but the momentum shifted. Parry narrowed the score to 4-5, and after Tauson subsequently lost her serve, the Frenchwoman was able to clinch the victory.[/p][p]23-year-old Tauson is set to play in the US Open in a few days.[/p][p]In the first round, she will face former World No. 3 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stephens-sloane/21U8Dqna/"]Sloane Stephens[/a]. Stephens, who is ten years her senior, won the US Open back in 2017. The following year, she reached the final of the same Grand Slam tournament.[/p][p]In the second round of the US Open, Tauson could potentially face the 11th-seeded [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kostyuk-marta/8CZqQdSa/"]Marta Kostyuk[/a] from Ukraine. In the third round, her opponent might be [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alexandrova-ekaterina/dzbgeEFF/"]Ekaterina Alexandrova[/a], whom Tauson defeated this week in Mexico.[/p]