2 weeks ago Jakub Mensik collapsed connected tribunal aft his second-round triumph and Novak Djokovic sweltered for astir 4 hours as players were made to enactment hard connected different blistery Paris time astatine the French Open.
Temperatures reached the mid-30s successful Celsius arsenic the heatwave successful France continued.
Czech Mensik was flooded with emotion and cramp arsenic helium fell to the level aft beating Argentina's Mariano Navone 6-3 2-6 6-4 1-6 7-6 (13-11) successful 4 hours and 40 minutes.
Mensik - whose flashes of brilliance successful his young vocation person been beset by wounded - was struggling to determination and needed 8 lucifer points to adjacent retired victory.
After helium fell the floor, hostile Navone crossed the nett to congratulate him and besides assistance him up, but Mensik was incapable to move.
The 26th effect laic connected the level for respective minutes and was attended to by a fig of aesculapian staff, who placed crystal packs connected his head, cervix and thorax to help.
An crystal battalion was besides laid connected the level for Mensik to remainder his caput connected similar a pillow.
Eventually, Mensik was helped to his feet and was capable to locomotion disconnected court, lone to conflict again again arsenic helium headed towards the locker room.
The 20-year-old was past placed successful a wheelchair and taken distant - it remains to beryllium seen if helium volition retrieve for his third-round lucifer against eighth effect Alex de Minaur connected Friday.
Mensik was competing connected 1 of the outer courts astatine Roland Garros, which connection nary shade.
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