Mensik goes from cramps and wheelchair to French Open semifinals
Less than a week ago Jakub Mensik was pushed away from the court in a wheelchair after collapsing to the clay with cramps.
Now the 20-year-old Czech player is in the French Open semifinals.
The 6-foot-5 Mensik used his attacking game to end the run of Brazil’s Joao Fonseca with a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory in the quarterfinals.
After Mensik edged Mariano Navone in a fifth-set tiebreaker in the second round he fell to the clay after match point and required medical attention on the court after Navone went over to check on him.
Mensik will face second-seeded Alexander Zverev in the semifinals.
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