American James Blake and Moroccan Younes El Aynaoui have pulled out of next week's French Open through injury.
El Aynaoui, ranked 36th in the world, has been struggling with a right foot injury while Blake, 40th on the ATP entry system, has a broken back vertebra.
Their places in the singles draw have been given to Israel's Harel Levy and Belgian Christophe Rochus.
Filed by Mark O'Neill-Cummins