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Mensik Beats Fonseca, Advances to French Open Semis

6/4/2026

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Summary

Mensik Reaches Semifinal

Czech Jakub Mensik beat Brazilian João Fonseca 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(3) to reach the French Open semifinal.
Mensik, world No.27 and 26th seed, won 83% of first-serve points and 38 of 51 net points.
Fonseca saved six match points in the third set before losing the tiebreak 7-3.
Mensik will face world No.3 Alexander Zverev in the semifinal on Friday.

Summary

Mensik Collapses

Jakub Mensik collapsed with cramps and was taken off the court in a wheelchair after his second-round win.
After collapsing, he said he needed to drink as much fluid as possible.
His mother, Katerina Mensikova, made a heart shape with her fingers in the stands during his interview.
He, mentored by Novak Djokovic, holds only two hard-court titles—Miami 2025 and Auckland 2026.
He enters the semifinal trailing Alexander Zverev 0-1.

History

Historical Context

In 2005, 19-year-old Rafael Nadal became the first male teenager to win a Grand Slam since Pete Sampras’s 1990 US Open triumph, capturing his debut French Open title after a 24-match clay winning streak. His breakthrough sparked a surge in Spanish junior participation and set a precedent for Eastern-European challengers, echoed by Czech teen Jakub Mensik’s 2026 French Open semifinal run under Novak Djokovic’s mentorship.

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Mensik Reaches Semifinal

Czech Jakub Mensik beat Brazilian João Fonseca 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(3) to reach the French Open semifinal.
Mensik, world No.27 and 26th seed, won 83% of first-serve points and 38 of 51 net points.
Fonseca saved six match points in the third set before losing the tiebreak 7-3.
Mensik will face world No.3 Alexander Zverev in the semifinal on Friday.

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