Williams, ranked No. 3 in the world, loses in the third round in Paris for the third consecutive year. She doesn't pose much of an obstacle to Hungary's Szavay in a 6-0, 6-4 loss. So peculiar was the atmosphere at Court Suzanne Lenglen today that the loud voices in the crowd began trying to encourage a helpless Venus Williams as if she were some neophyte straggler rather than one of the game's all-time great champions.