Arthur Géa urgently pleads for bathroom break while feeling ill during French Open first-round match vs. Karen Khachanov

At the 2026 French Open on Sunday, May 24, French wildcard Arthur Géa lost his first-round match to No. 13 seed Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6, 6-0 in straight sets. During the match on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, the 21-year-old pleaded urgently with the umpire for a mid-set bathroom break, claiming he was feeling ill and using explicit terms to convey his urgency. The incident overshadowed Géa's French Open debut on home soil.