Overview

• Fils stopped play for a medical timeout to address a right thigh issue before rallying to win a five-set thriller 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 2-6 0-6 6-4 against Jaume Munar.
• The 20-year-old, seeded 14th, became the highest-ranked French player to reach the third round at Roland Garros this year.
• He said thinking of Gael Monfils’s legendary comebacks helped him summon the resilience needed in the final set.
• Earlier withdrawals from Marseille and Doha due to injury had cast doubt on his clay-court campaign.
• Fils’s next match will be against either 17th seed Andrey Rublev or Australia’s Adam Walton for a place in the fourth round.