\n The 15th-seeded Ruud was up two sets and leading 5-2 against Safiullin in the third set, but the 27-year-old Norwegian failed to convert on five match points and eventually lost the third set 7-5, where he was seen moving gingerly back to his chair.\n <\/p>\n
\n In the midst of losing the fourth set 6-0, Ruud received medical attention after the first and third games, during which he was seen pouring water on his head, wrapping his neck with an ice-filled towel, and rubbing ice on his face.\n <\/p>\n
\n Temperatures during the three-hour, 56-minute five-set match reached 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees Celsius), according to France\u2019s national weather agency, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cIt was kind of heatstroke feeling,\u201d Ruud said afterwards. \u201cI had experienced something similar some years ago when I played in Washington DC, and I had to retire in the third set.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cThat\u2019s the only time I had that feeling I had today in the fourth set, where I felt at times really dizzy and walking around like a zombie almost.\u201d\n <\/p>\n The origins of tennis terms\n <\/p>\n As the French major tennis tournament, Roland Garros, begins full swing, CNN\u2019s Melissa Bell reports on the origins of tennis\u2019 scoring system.<\/p>\n The origins of tennis terms<\/p>\n 1:20<\/p>\n \n Luckily for the world No. 16<\/a>, a five-minute heat break after the fourth set, allowing him to get his \u201cpulse and body temperature down as much possible.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Ruud recovered to comfortably take the deciding fifth set to win the match 6-2, 7-6(5), 5-7, 0-6, 6-2 and advance to the second round, where he will face Serbia\u2019s Hamad Medjedovic on Wednesday.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI\u2019m proud because I never gave in (and) I didn\u2019t give up. I\u2019d rather be out there and lose (6-0 and 6-0) than retire, but it didn\u2019t look pretty there in the fourth,\u201d he said after his gutsy display.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201c(But) of course, very happy that I was able to kind of jump start an almost dead body.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n The heatwave hitting Europe is set to affect more players across the tournament as the French capital faces continued scorching temperatures.\n <\/p>\n \n M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France said 352 French towns recorded their highest-ever May temperatures on Monday, while 31 of France\u2019s 96 administrative departments have been placed on \u201chigh-temperature alert\u201d until Tuesday.\n <\/p>\n \n According to the agency, temperatures could climb to a staggering 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday in what it described as a \u201cpremature, remarkable and long\u201d heat episode expected to last several more days.\n <\/p>\n \n The extreme temperatures are having deadly consequences. There have been \u201cseven deaths directly or indirectly linked to the heat, including at least five from drowning, as well as deaths related to extreme heat during sports events,\u201d Maud Bregeon, a French government spokesperson, told French TV network TF1<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n On Sunday, a 53 year-old man died during a running event in Paris and a woman died at a Hyrox sports event<\/a> in the city of Lyon, according to the Associated Press citing local media reports.\n <\/p>\n![\"French](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/french-tennis-terms-clean-thumb-vrt.png\")
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