Seeds tumble in Paris

David Nalbandian and James Blake were both eliminated from the French Open on Thursday.

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, also crashed out, going down in four sets to Latvian teenager Ernests Gulbis.

The American looked in good form against 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.

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.