French Open: Serena Williams and older sister Venus crash out in 2nd round

Paris Defending champion and world number one Serena Williams was knocked out of the French Open on Wednesday by Spains Garbine Muguruza as the womens tournament was thrown wide openThe top seed lost 62 62 in the second round to the world number 35 with her defeat coming just an hour after sister Venus also went out 26 63 64 to Slovak teenager Anna SchmiedlovaIt was the earliest exit for a defending champion at Roland Garros since 2005 when Anastasia Myskina of Russia went out in the first roundSerenaWilliams reacts after being defeated by Spains Garbine Muguruza at the end of their French Open second round match at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris on Wednesday PicAFPWednesdays defeat was Serenas worst at a Grand Slam in terms of games won and was only the second time in her career she had been beaten at a major in the round of 64The last time that happened was on her debut at the 1998 Australian OpenIt was also just the fourth time the Williams sisters had lost on the same day at a majorNothing worked today said 17time major winner Serena who hit just eight winners and a huge 29 unforced errors with five double faultsI just couldnt serve But you cant be on form every day I hate to be off at a Grand Slam but it happens its not the end of the worldI will have to work five times as hard to make sure it doesnt happen again added the 32yearold American who suffered her only Grand Slam first round loss in Paris in 2012Muguruza immediately won praise for her performanceShocker at the French Serena loses to Garbine Muguruza Garbine is here to stay thats for sure quite a talent tweeted Martina NavratilovaThe young Spaniard was overjoyed by her performanceTodays a great day she saidSerenaa defeat was good news for Maria Sharapova who is now the overwhelming title favourite with second seed Li Na having been knocked out in the first round on TuesdayThe Williams sisters had been scheduled to meet in the third roundInstead the tournament will get Muguruza against Schmiedlova the 19yearold Slovak who ended 32yearold Venuss 17th French Open with a 26 63 64 winSchmiedlova was just a month old when the American made her professional debut back in 1994 My biggest win Its the biggest win of my career said world number 56 Schmiedlova who had lost to Venus in straight sets in Miami this seasonI have big respect for her Shes a great player and I still cannot believe I wonDefeat for Venus the 29th seed meant she has now failed to get beyond the second round in Paris on her last three visitsShe was undone by 47 unforced errors on a halffull Philippe Chatrier court and despite saving two match points it was all too much for mother Oracene who was caught on TV napping as Venus slipped to defeatI think shes very good already and shes going to be even better as she continues to play I see wonderful things for her said Venus of her opponentLater Wednesday second seed Novak Djokovic the 2012 runnerup who needs a French Open title to complete a career Grand Slam faces Jeremy Chardy of France for a place in the last 32Djokovic holds an 80 career lead over the world number 42 with his stranglehold illustrated by never surrendering a single set to ChardyHowever the Frenchman came into Roland Garros with a win over Roger Federer in Rome under his beltFederer the fourth seed looks to claim his 60th win at the tournament when he takes on 21yearold Argentine qualifier Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanMaria Sharapova the seventh seeded 2012 champion faces Bulgarias Tsvetana Pironkova a Wimbledon semifinalist in 2010Latvian 18th seed Ernests Gulbis eased past Argentine qualifier Facundo Bagnis 62 75 60 and will next face Czech veteran Radek Stepanek who knocked out Russian 15th seed Mikhail Youzhny 60 63 36 64In a first round match held over from Tuesday night American Steve Johnson completed a 46 67 79 76 73 63 63 comeback win over French world number 406 Laurent LokoliThe teenage Frenchman had two match points in the third setItalian womens 12th seed Flavia Pennetta was knocked out by Swedens Johanna Larsson who now faces 18th seed Eugenie BouchardThe highlyrated 20yearold Canadian who made the Australian Open semifinals this year and captured her first title in Nuremberg at the weekend put out Germanys Julia Goerges 26 62 61