Berdych and Stepanek out of French Open

The two leading Czech men's players Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek have been knocked out of the French Open. Berdych was beaten by Garcia-Lopez of Spain in the second round. Stepanek had caused an upset by overcoming Chilean fifth seed Fernando Gonzalez in the first round, but himself exited in the second after losing to Roger-Vasselin of France. In women's tennis, Lucie Safarova will face France's Amelie Mauresmo in the third round after seeing off Nicole Pratt of Australia.