Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's French Open hopes vanished into thin air on Wednesday when he was sent packing in the first round with a 7-5 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4 defeat against Argenitine Renzo Olivo.
The French 12th seed, who had just won the Lyon Open on clay, bowed out after saving three match points in the only game played on Wednesday after the match was interrupted by dusk on Tuesday.
"We were back to the hotel around 1am, I had a massage, it was not easy to sleep. I knew the first point today was important," world number 91 Olivo, who trained in France from 2012-2016, said courtside in French.
Olivo served for the match on Wednesday but a burly Tsonga had broken back to keep his hopes alive.
"I just tried to play every point as it was the last," said Olivo, who handed Tsonga his second first-round defeat at Roland Garros.
No French man has won the French Open since 1983, let alone a grand slam title.
Title favourite Rafael Nadal looked in ominous form as he eased past Dutchman Robin Haase 6-1 6-4 6-3.
The nine-time champion hit his forehand particularly well and finished the match with a tally of 33 winners and only 13 unforced errors.
Haase did not manage to create a single break point while dropping serve five times himself.
Nadal moves through to a third-round meeting with Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili, who defeated Viktor Troicki 7-6 (7/3) 7-6 (7/2) 7-6 (8/6).
Sixth seed Dominic Thiem (above) is yet to drop a set after a 7-5 6-1 6-3 win over Simone Bolelli while 10th seed David Goffin defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3.
There was a dramatic encounter, meanwhile, out on Court 6, where 25th seed Steve Johnson defeated young Croatian Borna Coric 6-2 7-6 (10/8) 3-6 7-6 (8/6).
The American was furious after being given a point penalty for ball abuse on match point at 4-5 in the fourth set and called referee Wayne McEwen onto court to argue his point.
It was to no avail but Johnson held his nerve to clinch victory in the tie-break before his emotions took over.
While Johnson, who lost his father unexpectedly earlier this month, sobbed at the net, Coric angrily destroyed his racket in a series of full-blooded blows.
No.11 seed Grigor Dimitrov picked up a comprehensive 6-3 6-4 7-5 win over Spaniard Tommy Robredo, a five-time Roland Garros quarter-finalist, while David Goffin advanced to the third round with 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3 victory over Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine.
