Daria Kasatkina’s first grand slam dance as an adopted Australian is over, ended at the French Open by her teen phenomenon friend Mirra Andreeva.

Two months since being granted permanent residency, Kasatkina’s hopes of becoming the first Australian woman to reach the quarter-finals since Ash Barty’s winning year of 2019 finally unravelled 6-3 7-5 at the hands of her 18-year-old fellow Russian-born buddy.

The only other time the pair had played, in the final of last October’s Ningbo Open in China, Andreeva had ended in tears and needed to be comforted by Kasatkina after blowing a 3-0 lead in the final set.

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This time, though, the French-based teen who’s rocketed to No.6 in the world didn’t let Kasatkina, 10 years her senior, off the hook on Court Suzanne Lenglen despite another nervy blip.

Kasatkina had a set point to level the match after rallying in gritty fashion but the world No.6 Andreeva stormed back to seal a straight-sets win after a compelling 94-minute duel.

Defeat for Kasatkina meant the end of the green-and-gold challenge in the singles at Roland Garros, but she could pride herself on having been the last Aussie standing among the 16 starters in the draw.

She embraced with close friend Andreeva in emotional scenes after the match.

Meantime, Second seed Coco Gauff has brushed aside Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0 7-5 on Monday to move into the French Open quarter-finals and stay on course for her first title in Paris.

The American world No.2 must have thought she would have an easy morning after powering through the first set in sensational fashion but the Russian bounced back in the second to test her opponent.

“The whole match I played well. She stepped up her game in the second set. Overall I thought I played great,” Gauff said.

“I move well on clay; really comfortable with sliding and moving on the surface. The most physical surface for sure and I do well in that department.”

Hunting her first French Open crown after reaching the final in 2022 and semi-finals last year, the 21-year-old started fast, earning three consecutive breaks for a 5-0 lead in just 15 minutes.

Gauff was running her opponent ragged across the baseline, with the 30-year-old Alexandrova, bidding to reach her first grand slam quarter-final, earning a mere five points until that stage.

The American, who has now won four of the pair’s five meetings, gave away five break points in the next game but still secured her first bagel of the tournament before the Russian got on the scoreboard at the start of the second set with her first hold.

Unforced errors started creeping into Gauff’s game as Alexandrova put up stronger resistance.

Gauff, the youngest American to have reached at least the fourth round at seven consecutive grand slams since Venus Williams between 1997-1999, broke Alexandrova at 3-3.

The Russian broke straight back and went 5-4 up, with Gauff clearly rattled and double-faulting twice before holding to level.

But the second seed kept her composure, broke Alexandrova and wrapped up the match on her serve. She will next face the winner of the all-American fourth-round clash between Madison Keys and Hailey Baptiste.