The two players have arrived on Court Philippe Chatrier and they're about to begin their warm-up.

Jakub Mensik and Joao Fonseca have played each other only once before and that was at the 2024 Next Gen Finals, in which the best players aged 20 and under compete.

The format was slightly different for that event, with sets won by the first player to reach four games.

All five sets of their round-robin match went to tie-breaks and Fonseca won it, before going on to win the title.

Jakub Mensik might be slightly the fresher of the two players in this night-session match. He has been on court for exactly 13 hours during this tournament, compared to Joao Fonseca's 14 hours and 29 minutes.

Mensik has come through a couple of five-setters - he collapsed on court with cramp immediately after his second-round win, which he completed in four hours and 41 minutes at the height of the Paris heatwave.

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Fonseca went all the way in his third-round win against Novak Djokovic, finishing in just shy of five hours, while he was on court for nearly four hours in his four-set victory over former French Open runner-up Casper Ruud on Sunday.

The cooler temperatures in Paris over the past couple of days, and of course the roof being shut on Court Philippe Chatrier, will only help the players as they dig further into their physical reserves.

There was even a hailstorm at Roland Garros earlier on. It's June!

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• Mirra Andreeva was a straight-set winner over Sorana Cirstea in the first quarter-final of the day at Roland Garros.
• The Russian eighth seed will play Marta Kostyuk in the semi-finals - Kostyuk beat fellow Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in a deciding set to reach the last four of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career.
• In the men's draw, second seed Alexander Zverev defeated Spanish teenager Rafael Jodar in straight sets to reach the semi-finals. The German has dropped only one set in his first five matches of the tournament.

When the two players at the top of men's tennis are only aged 24 and 23 respectively, it seems strange to be talking about seeing the "next generation" in action.

However, 19-year-old Joao Fonseca and 20-year-old Jakub Mensik are two of the players that could give Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz something to think about over the next few years.

A Grand Slam quarter-final is new territory for both of these talented young players and one of them will be within two wins of a maiden major title by the end of the night session on Court Philippe Chatrier.

They should walking on court in the next few minutes.

Thanks for joining us again for live text and radio coverage of the second men's quarter-final at the 2026 French Open.

Second seed Alexander Zverev was a straight-set winner against Spanish teenager Rafael Jodar earlier today and the title favourite will discover his semi-final opponent this evening, as two of the brightest young talents in tennis go head-to-head on the Paris clay.

That's all from us for now.

Go and stretch your legs, grab some food and come back to join us at around 19:15 BST.

We'll bringing you live text coverage of the men's singles quarter-final between Jakub Mensik and Joao Fonseca.

Alexander Zverev, speaking after reaching the French Open semi-finals: "I want to keep going and I want to be in the tournament and win the matches ahead of me and that is my goal and my aim.

"Today was a very good test about a very good player. I am happy to be in the semi-final but for now, that is it."

On opponent Rafael Jodar: "He had a perfect rhythm in the first set and I didn't, my balls were very short and I was very defensive, everything was different, the ball wasn't bouncing as high, I had to shorten my shots but he was playing amazing. I took my chances well and after that it was a good match for me."

On whether he will watch the other men's quarter-final this evening: "I will watch the match tonight, but in my room on the TV but with a nice drink in my hand. We had two days off but it is important to keep the rhythm and keep practising."

Only two players - Novak Djokovic (124) and Jannik Sinner (93) - have won more men's singles matches than Alexander Zverev (91) at Grand Slams since 2020.

Today's victory moves Zverev level with Carlos Alcaraz.

Ryan Harrison
Former French Open men's doubles champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

What a match there from Zverev and the way he finished it off in style. When Jodar turned it up a bit he still kept up with it. Those were some amazing forehands.

Alexander Zverev has appeared in 10 semi-finals at Grand Slams, winning just three of them, so will be fully aware that he still has plenty of work to do.

The German will face either Czech Jakub Mensik or Brazil's Joao Fonseca in the last four.

Alexander Zverev gets a 15-0 lead against serve and then attempts an audacious forehand around the net post but can't get his angles right.

Rafael Jodar gets to 30-30 with a lovely drop shot. The crowd enjoyed that one.

But he fires into the net on the next point to hand over match point.

Ryan Harrison
Former French Open men's doubles champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

This has been a really high level game from both sides.

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Alexander Zverev comes up with a big serve to fend off the break point.

The German follows with a huge forehand for advantage and wraps up the hold to move within a game of the semi-finals.

Leading 30-0, Alexander Zverev goes big on his serve but is a little complacent with the return and clips the net cord before seeing it stray wide.

Rafael Jodar forces his way back into contention and 30-30 and the crowd erupts when he edges in front with a chance to break.

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Rafael Jodar is squeezing every last bit out of this match. Every point and every game is great experience.

Jodar made his Grand Slam debut in Australia in January - reaching round two - and has exceeded all expectations to reach this point in Paris.

Alexander Zverev takes the game to deuce but Jodar comes up with the goods to hold.

Rafael Jodar has picked up a new racquet at the change of ends. I'm not sure how much difference that will make at this stage.

Alexander Zverev continues his march towards the semi-finals with a hold to 15, wrapped up with an ace.

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Chants of "Rafa, Rafa, Rafa," break out on Court Philippe Chatrier as the Spaniard leads 30-15 on serve. The crowd are trying to urge the 19-year-old on but there doesn't appear to be enough left in the tank as he cuts a forehand into the net.

Jodar does get the hold. Breaking Zverev has been the tricky part, though.

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Alexander Zverev gets to 30-15 but his progress is halted momentarily by a wonderful cross-court winner from Rafael Jodar. The atmosphere has dropped on Court Philippe Chatrier, but that shot draws a big cheer.

Jodar can't build any further into the game as Zverev holds to 15.

Rafael Jodar strides up to the net and strokes away a forehand winner. Those moments are few and far between now for the 19-year-old.

Alexander Zverev drags Jodar back to second deuce but the Spaniard edges back in front with a winner into the corner.

Jodar gets the hold and ends Zverev's run of winning seven successive games.

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