Alex de Minaur's charmed life at the French Open continues after Jakub Mensik, his next opponent, collapsed on court in the extreme Paris heat and ended up being taken to the medical room in a wheelchair.
While de Minaur enjoyed a walkover on Wednesday after his second-round opponent Alexander Blockx was injured in practice, his potential third-round adversaries had to slog it out in what Mensik described as "insane conditions" for four hours 41 minutes.
The Czech 26th seed ended up victorious but stricken on his back, unable to pick himself off the clay on Court No.6 for several minutes amid alarming scenes after battling to a 6-3 2-6 6-4 1-6 7-6 (13-11) victory over Argentine Mariano Navone.
