By Richard Pagliaro | Tuesday, Could 26, 2026
Picture credit score: Mutua Madrid Open Fb
Roland Garros got here to a painfully untimely finish for Alexander Blockx.
Madrid semifinalist Blockx withdrew from Roland Garros in the present day as a result of a sprained proper ankle he sustained in apply.
The 21-year-old Belgian beat qualifier Coleman Wong 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in his French Open first-round match, however is unable to submit for tomorrow’s scheduled second-rounder and pulled out of Paris.
Blockx’s withdrawal sends Alex de Minaur into the third spherical.
The eighth-seeded de Minaur will play both Argentinean Mariano Navone or Twenty sixth-seeded Czech Jakub Mensik, the final man to defeat No. 1 Jannik Sinner, for a spot within the spherical of 16.
“I’ve all the time most popular sizzling and vigorous situations to chilly on a clay courtroom, as a result of I really feel like I can convey just a little bit extra of my all-court tennis on any such floor,” de Minaur mentioned. “It’s simpler to be just a little bit extra aggressive. You understand, the ball is leaping.
“I don’t essentially have to make use of as a lot spin or heaviness, and I can let the situations do the job for me. And, additionally, it’s fairly bodily, proper? I don’t thoughts the warmth.”
