Menšík faces first Grand Slam quarter-final at Roland Garros

Czech tennis player Jakub Menšík will make his Grand Slam quarter-final debut at Roland Garros on Tuesday, taking on Brazil's João Fonseca for a place in the last four.

Seeded 26th in Paris, Menšík reached the quarter-finals after defeating Russia's Andrey Rublev in five sets on Sunday, 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3. On his way to the last eight, he also eliminated eighth seed Alex de Minaur, Argentina's Mariano Navone and French wildcard Titouan Droguet.

The match between the 20-year-old from Prostějov and the 19-year-old Brazilian, seeded 28th, will conclude the programme on Court Philippe-Chatrier as part of the tournament's night session and is scheduled to start no earlier than 8:15 p.m. local time.