Jakub Mensik gets by Bublik in the 1st round at the China Open – BEIJING RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING DRAW AND RESULTS. Mensik hustles Bublik

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Jakub Mensik gets by Alexander Bublik 6-4 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Beijing on Thursday. Mensik will play Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2025. Here you can see his history at this event.

Mensik
Beijing
Mensik's Record

Jakub added to his prize money $ 27,910 after winning this match. He has already won $ 59,805 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mensik will add $ 52,230 to his earnings to get in total $ 112,035 in total.

Highlights Jakub Mensik vs. Alexander Bublik China Open – Beijing

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mensik
Bublik
Jakub Mensik
6-4 7-65
1h:36
Alexander Bublik
81
81
Total points
69
69
41
41
Winners
40
40
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
58%
58%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
7
7
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
74%
74%
1st in
67%
67%
82%
82%
1st won
73%
73%
41/50
41/50
1st won
40/55
40/55
50%
50%
2nd won
41%
41%
9/18
9/18
2nd won
11/27
11/27
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
1/3
1/3
29%
29%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Czech scored 81 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 69.

Mensik

Jakub served extremely well to win 82% of the points (41/50) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (9/18) on his second serve. Mensik fired 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Czech won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Bublik

On the other side, Bublik was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Mensik and Bublik is 3-1 for Jakub.

Draw and next match H2H: Jakub Mensik vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats

Mensik will face Cerundolo in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Jakub Mensik and Francisco Cerundolo play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Cerundolo won 3-6 7-65 6-2 in the quarter in Madrid back in 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Mensik 6-4
MensikBublik
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
MensikBublik
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MensikBublik
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MensikBublik
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
MensikBublik
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MensikBublik
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MensikBublik
3
1
15
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
MensikBublik
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MensikBublik
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MensikBublik
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Czech clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) before finally winning the set (6-4).

They contested 64 points. Mensik conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Alexander (36-28). The Czech conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). On the other side, Bublik conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).

2nd Set -
Mensik 7-6
MensikBublik
7
6
B
0
1
M
0
2
M
1
2
B
2
2
B
3
2
M
4
2
M
4
3
B
4
4
B
4
5
M
5
5
M
6
5
B
7
5
MensikBublik
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MensikBublik
5
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MensikBublik
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
MensikBublik
4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
MensikBublik
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MensikBublik
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
MensikBublik
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MensikBublik
2
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MensikBublik
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MensikBublik
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MensikBublik
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MensikBublik
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Jakub won the set after he broke the Kazakhstani in the 3rd (2-1) game. The Kazakhstani tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, Mensik managed to stay calm and finish the job to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 5.

The Czech missed the opportunity to break Bublik in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

Jakub won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Kazakhstani won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 7th (3-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

Jakub converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 4th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Jakub saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Also, on the other side, the Kazakhstani converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jakub won just 3 more points than the Kazakhstani (45-42). Mensik conceded 14 points on serve (31-14). on the other side of the court, Bublik conceded 14 points on serve (28-14).

1st
Mensik
Bublik
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Mensik
Bublik
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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