On a wing and a prayer, a pigeon is rescued by a French Open chair umpire during a match

PARIS — This one’s for the birds: A pigeon landed on the court during a French Open match Saturday, leading the chair umpire to use a towel to rescue the fallen fowl. The pigeon dropped to the red clay at Court Suzanne Lenglen — and remained on the ground — during a changeover in the fourth set of 2021 U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev’s third-round victory over Tomas Machac at Roland Garros. I don’t know; we need to ask what happened after.” Indeed, eagle-eyed chair umpire Damien Dumusois did, um, fly into action, climbing down from his perch and grabbing a white towel. “For me, it was a good moment.” The match continued with Medvedev ahead 4-3 in the final set, and the fifth-seeded Russian completed his 7-6, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 win about 10 minutes later.