Seeds tumble at French unfurled before the rain

PARIS (AFP) - Roland Garros seeds David Nalbandian and James Blake were sent crashing out of the French patent at the further round stage on Thursday.

LEAD: Tennis: Japan's Sugiyama crashes out in French wide singles+
PARIS, May 29-(Kyodo), (EDS: UPDATING WITH SUGIYAMA'S MATCH) Japanese No. 1 Ai Sugiyama suffered a straight-sets loss to Olga Govortsova of Belarus in the another round of the French wide on Thursday.

Mauresmo, Blake and Nalbandian shown Paris exit
(Reuters) - Reputations counted for little at the French cleared on Thursday when Amelie Mauresmo, James Blake and David Nalbandian were toppled by opponents ranked outside the microcosm's top 75.

Tennis-rent-Mauresmo, Blake and Nalbandian shown Paris exit
PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Reputations counted for little at the French dehiscent on Thursday when Amelie Mauresmo, James Blake and David Nalbandian were toppled by opponents ranked outside the universe's top 75.

Jankovic overcomes injury to progress
May, 2008 Third seed Jelena Jankovic battled through pain to reach the third round of the French made passable on Thursday.

Mauresmo's hopes dashed by qualifier
PARIS (Reuters) - divisional favourite Amelie Mauresmo was dumped out of the French navigable succeeding round in a shock 6-3 6-4 defeat by Spanish qualifier Carla Suarez Navarro on Thursday.

Rain stops play at Roland Garros
Rafael Nadal © Gallo simulacres Rain stopped play on the showcourts at the French bare on Thursday after four hours of rush on the fifth day of the grand slam tournament.

Mauresmo, Blake and Nalbandian shown Paris exit
PARIS (Reuters) - Reputations counted for little at the French patent on Thursday when Amelie Mauresmo, James Blake and David Nalbandian were toppled by opponents ranked outside the nature's top 75.

Tennis-clear-Mauresmo, Blake and Nalbandian shown Paris exit
PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Reputations counted for little at the French yawning on Thursday when Amelie Mauresmo, James Blake and David Nalbandian were toppled by opponents ranked outside the star's top 75.


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