Stosur stuns out of shape Dementieva

By Julien Pretot

PARIS (Reuters) - Russian fourth seed Elena Dementieva was shown the exit at the French Open with a 6-3 4-6 6-1 defeat by Australian Samantha Stosur in the third round on Saturday.

The Olympic champion, who benefited from Jelena Dokic's retirement in the previous round while she was one set down, bowed out after two hours 12 minutes.

Dementieva, the 2004 Roland Garros runner up, said she was not physically fit enough to play well on the energy-sapping clay.

"I just feel I'm far away from being in good shape. I feel like I couldn't perform any better," Dementieva told a news conference.

"She was playing very solid, very good first serve. Just too many unforced errors and not enough power from me. I did what I could."

Stosur, seeded 30th, relied on a devastating forehand to break decisively in the eighth game of the first set.

Dementieva saved a set point as Stosur netted a routine volley but she was outwitted when the Australian came to the net after a weak service return.

Dementieva was the first to hold serve for 3-2 in the second set and she hung on to level the contest on her second set point when Stosur overcooked a forehand.