Eighth seed Venus Williams enjoys sunny conditions in the opening match of day five on Philippe Chatrier, beating Selima Sfar 6-2 6-4
Jelena Jankovic needs an injury timeout before beating New Zealand's Marina Erakovic 6-2 7-6 (7-5)
Latvian teenager Ernests Gulbis causes the first shock of the day with victory over seventh seed James Blake
And French wildcard Jeremy Chardy stuns sixth seed David Nalbandian by fighting back from two sets down to win
It's a day to forget for Nalbandian, twice a semi-finalist at Roland Garros in the past
Amelie Mauresmo suffers yet another Roland Garros disappointment as she loses in straight sets to Spanish qualifier Carla Suarez-Navarro
Defending champion Rafa Nadal is just getting into his stride against Nicolas Devilder, leading 6-4 5-0, when rain stops play
Top seed Roger Federer is also in action, and is level at 5-5 in the first set with Spain's Albert Montanes before the delay
The Roland Garros groundtsaff do their bit and play resumes after 90 minutes
Nadal returns after the rain break in menacing form, dropping just one more game as he beats Devilder 6-4 6-0 6-1
Andy Murray spends part of his day off signing autographs for some lucky fans
Andy's brother, Jamie Murray (right), has a less pleasant day as he and Max Mirnyi go out of the men's doubles
No such problems for Federer, who races through the second and third sets on his way to defeating Montanes
Russian rivals fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko and former world number one Marat Safin do battle on Court One
Davydenko struggles early on but eventually records a comfortable win to reach the third round, where he will play Ivan Ljubicic
Fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova sweeps to victory in her match against America's Vania King
Fifth seed David Ferrer is another convincing winner, dropping only one game as he thumps Fabrice Santoro 6-0 6-1 6-0
World number one Maria Sharapova also hopes for a quick win in her late-starting match with America's Bethanie Mattek
Sharapova takes the first set 6-2 without any problems but Mattek is 3-2 up in the second when darkness stops play
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