Kim Clijsters saw her attempt to return to Roland Garros final collapse Thursday as the two-time French Open runner-up succumbed to Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands in the round of 64.
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Another former No. 1-seeded Clijsters, who had been riding a 15-match Grand Slam winning streak, has managed to show flashes of his dominant position at one stage before losing his enemy of 20 years, Dutch, 3 -6, 7-5, 6-1.
After cruising to a victory in the first game, the Belgian superstar a chance to reach the world No. 114: e Dutch woman while leading 5-2 in the second set, but the Russian champion in 2008 Australian Open junior saved match point.
The Clijsters, 27, groping for the way in the game and has amassed an impressive 65 unforced errors and lost 11 of their last 12 games over second-round match.
Russia will face No. 25: th seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia, a straight sets win Chanelle Scheepers South Africa.
Other winners included seeds Day 5 ninth-seeded Czech Petra Kvitoval, No. 12 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and No. 21 Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium.
Call on the man, five-time defending champion Rafael Nadal, the three-time Grand Slam runner-up Andy Murray in the fifth-seeded Robin Soderling Swedish led the winners in the second round on Thursday.
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, who come from a thrilling five-set marathon against the towering American John Isner, won another tough test against fellow Spaniard Pablo Andujar 7-5, 6-3, 7 - 6 (7-4).
When you win, reigning U.S. Open, Wimbledon and French Open champion Nadal improved to an impressive 40-1 in life when Roland Garros.
At the end of last year, Nadal Soderling in mind to use French Open title he held for four consecutive years from 2005 to 08. Soderling was responsible for a major tournament point Nadal in 2009, when he surprised the Spanish in the round super room.
Nadal, seeking to match a record sixth title here, will face Croatia hilly Antonio Veic, who ousted No. 28: E-seeded former top-five Russian Nikolay Davydenko in five sets on Day 5
Fourth-seeded Scot Murray, who is about to advance to the quarterfinals of her first clay tournament of the only Grand Slam Italian Simone Bolelli survived by 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 7-5.
Two-time finalist Soderling, however, relegated Spanish qualifier Alberto Ramos away with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
In other matches, seed, 10th-seeded American Mardy Fish and No. No. 16 Fernando Verdasco of Spain also booked a place in the third round.
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