PARIS, 27 May 2004 — Defending womens’ champion and top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne, and men’s second seed Andy Roddick went crashing out of the French Open yesterday on a day when home players left a stunning impression on the season’s second Grand Slam.

Belgian Henin-Hardenne, still struggling with the after effects of a virus which had sidelined her for six weeks, lost 7-5, 6-4 to Italy’s Tathiana Garbin.

Roddick, the US Open champion, lost to French world No. 125 Olivier Mutis who clinched a famous 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-2 second round win.

The defeat means that for the first time in the history of the tournament, there will not be an American man in the third round.

Franco-American relations were further dented when Vincent Spadea, seeded 27, lost 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 to qualifier Julien Jeanpierre.

Mutis will next face countryman Fabrice Santoro who beat Irakli Labadze of Georgia 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, while there were also wins for Nicolas Escude and Michael Llodra who put out Haehnal.

Henin-Hardenne’s defeat was good news for third seeded Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo who survived with a 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 over Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues. Henin-Hardenne’s defeat was the earliest exit for a defending women’s champion since Spain’s Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, who also perished in the second round in 1989.

Mauresmo struggled for two hours and had to overcome leg cramps to see off Garrigues and now faces another Spaniard, Arantxa Parra Santonja. Some comfort for America came in the form of their women with Lindsay Davenport, the fifth seed, brushing aside Maria Sanchez Lorenzo of Spain 6-4, 6-1, Meghann Shaughnessy knocking out Italian 15th seed Silvia Farina Elia 6-3, 3-6, 9-7 and qualifier Marissa Irvin seeing off Russian 32nd seed Dinara Safina 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.

Men’s third seed Guillermo Coria and fifth seed Carlos Moya, the 1998 champion, both reached the third round.

Coria, the hottest player on clay this year, confirmed his position as a French Open favourite by moving into the third round with a 7-5, 6-1, 6-3 win over countryman Juan Monaco.

Joining Coria in the third round was Moya who defeated countryman Fernando Vicente 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 to record his 11th win in 11 career meetings over his fellow Spaniard.

Thailand’s Paradorn Srichaphan, seeded 13, went out in straight sets 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 to Alex Corretja of Spain, twice a runner-up here.

Britain’s Tim Henman, seeded nine, also made the third round beating Germany’s Lars Burgsmuller 6-0, 6-3, 6-3.