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Argentina's Nalbandian, the sixth seed, won the opening two sets of his match against France's Jeremy Chardy but then slipped off the pace as he was beaten 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-1 6-2.

Blake, the seventh seed, was also a shock loser after he was beaten in four sets to Latvian teenager Ernests Gulbis.

The seventh seed looked in good form after beating Rainer Schuttler in his first-round match, but could not follow it up as he was dumped out 7-6 (7/2) 3-6 7-5 6-3 by the 19-year-old.

Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko negotiated his way past enigmatic fellow Russian Marat Safin to reach the third round of the French Open on Thursday.

The mercurial Safin, a former Australian Open winner and a semi-finalist here in 2002, was always going to be a dangerous floater in the draw owing to his lowly world ranking of 73.

But Davydenko dealt with him well, his 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 6-2 win on Court One setting up a date with big-serving 28th seed Ivan Ljubicic.

Russia's Dmitry Tursunov, the 30th seed, will play Chardy in the third round after an impressive 7-6 (7/4) 6-0 6-0 win over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain.

Three more seeds negotiated their way through to the third round after play resumed following the rain delay, which lasted just over an hour.

Ninth seed Stanislas Wawrinka, a dark horse this year after an impressive 2008 on the tour, beat Marin Cilic 7-6 (7/3) 7-6 (7/4) 6-1 on Court 16, while Finland's Jarkko Nieminen, the 26th seed, set up a daunting match with reigning champion Rafael Nadal after defeating Martin Vassallo Arguello in four sets.