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Lucic-Baroni stuns Halep to reach French Open third round
French players keep home fans happy on Day Four

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Simona Halep reached her first major final at Roland Garros in 2014, and took on Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the second round of the French Open this time around.

The third-seed struggled from the start and lost the first set 7-5.

She was overpowered in the second set 6-1 and slumped to her second straight defeat against her 70th-ranked opponent.

Halep becomes the highest seeded player to exit the French Open so far.

France's Gael Monfils was given a hard time by Diego Schwartzman before rallying past the 62nd-ranked Argentine in five sets, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

There was more joy for the home crowd as French wild card Nicolas Mahut put out the 24th-seeded Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 and Benoit Paire delighted a boisterous crowd on Court 7 by brushing aside 28th-seeded Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-3, 7-5.

Another seed to go out was Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.

He lost 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to the Czech Republic's Lukas Rosol.

No problems, though, for the fifth seed in the men's singles, Japan's Kei Nishikori.

He had a comfortable 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil.