Rainer Schuttler stumbles at the first hurdle

Rainer Schuttler became the highest-profile casualty in the men's draw at the French Open after losing 6-0, 6-0, 6-4 to Marc Gicquel of France.

Last year's Wimbledon semi-finalist never got into the match and Gicquel admitted the result was beyond his expectations.

"I don't think I could have done any better," he said. "I wanted to be focused on my match, and I knew he wasn't going to give anything away for free.

"He made me think that he was going to give me the third. I made a let service and remained focused. It can be over very quickly. If I had lost the third, anything can happen in best of five sets."

No4 seed Novak Djokovic was leading Nicolas Lapentti 6-3, 3-1 before the Ecuadorian was forced to retire injured after one hour and 18 minutes.

Djokovic will now face either Argentina's Brian Dabul or Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine on Thursday.