Game, upset, match

Seventh seed Blake had been hoping to join compatriot Wayne Odesnik in the last 32 but was bounced out by an opponent who hails from a family of basketball players. Latvian teenager Ernests Gulbis, ranked 80th in the world, ensured Blake8217;s nightmare in Paris continued with a 7-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 humbling on Court One.

Unlike Mauresmo and Blake, sixth seed Nalbandian had enjoyed a good track record at the claycourt major after reaching the semi-finals in 2004 and 2006, but he surrendered a two-set lead to go down 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 to French wildcard Jeremy Chardy.

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For a woman who had never before experienced the imposing surroundings of the Philippe Chatrier Court, Suarez Navarro remained undaunted and turned into public enemy number one as she handed Mauresmo her earliest defeat at her home Grand Slam for seven years.

Nalbandian would also be kicking himself after allowing a winning situation to slip through his fingers. He would have fancied his chances against the 145th-ranked Chardy as the Frenchman had spent all year crisscrossing the globe to far flung second tier Challenger events without playing a single match on the main tour.

Albert Montanes had the audacity to take the first set off Federer but it did not take the world number one long to pull rank. Firing winners at ease, he put the Spanish minion firmly in his place with a 6-7, 6-1, 6-0, 6-4 win.

After being given the runaround by the rain for three days, Nadal wasted little time in stifling French qualifier Nicolas Devilder 6-4, 6-0, 6-1. Williams was a 6-2, 6-4 winner over Tunisian qualifier Selima Sfar while Jankovic overcame a wrist injury scare to see off New Zealand8217;s Marina Erakovic 6-2, 7-6.