FRENCH VETERAN Adrian Mannarino found out he had made the US Open Last 16 for the first time when he emerged from the TOILET.

Mannarino, 37, progressed from the third round when American Ben Shelton retired hurt with a left shoulder injury.

Shelton, 22, damaged the area when he hit a forehand shot in game two of the fourth set at the Louis Armstrong Stadium on Friday afternoon in New York.

The No.6 seed, who was leading 2-1 in sets, took a three-minute medical timeout, had a massage from the trainer and popped a painkiller before deciding to continue.

In the end, he bravely battled on for 45 more minutes before deciding, after Mannarino had converted a sixth set point to take the encounter into a fifth-set decider, that it was time to quit.

His dad Bryan, a former professional playe

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