Former world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki joined the exodus of women's seeds at the French Open on Thursday when the Dane was bundled out in the second round by Germany's Julia Goerges.

 

Wozniacki, seeded five, joined Romanian third seed Simona Halep, last year's runner-up, and number six Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, after a 6-4, 7-6(4) defeat on a blustery Phillipe Chatrier court.

Goerges, who has fallen to 72 in the rankings after rising into the top 20 in 2012, battled back from a break behind to clinch the opening set and then broke Wozniacki's serve at 5-5 in the second, only to falter when serving for the match.

She played a solid tie-break, though, to send Wozniacki spinning to a second successive early defeat at Roland Garros after she fell in the first round last year.

Sara Errani, the runner-up in 2012, avoided any mishaps as the Italian beat Carina Witthoeft of Germany 6-4, 7-6(4).

Czech fourth seed Petra Kvitova laboured into the third round as she overcame Spain's Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2.

The double Wimbledon champion, a semi-finalist on the Paris clay in 2012, made 54 unforced errors in a patchy display on a chilly court Suzanne Lenglen.

After two exchanges of breaks, the first set went into a tie-break that the Spaniard easily won but Kvitova eventually found her range.

She ended the contest on her first match point to set up a meeting with Romanian 30th seed Irina-Camelia Begu or American Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

The men's draw has been relatively free of high-profile casualties so far and Croatian ninth seed Marin Cilic continued the trend with an easy 7-6(3), 6-1, 6-1 defeat of Italian qualifier Andrea Arnaboldi to move into the third round.