Jakub Mensik upsets Andy Murray 7-6(6) 6-7(3) 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Doha on Wednesday. Mensik will try to keep the momentum against Andrey Rublev in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 23 minutes.
The Czech added to his prize money $ 17,590 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 42,190 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 30,620 to his earnings to get in total $ 72,810 in total.
Highlights Jakub Mensik vs. Andy Murray Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:23
Jakub won this match even if he scored less points than Murray (122 vs. 124).
Mensik
Mensik struck 12 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Jakub was fantastic in converting all the break points (3/3).
Murray
On the other side, the Brit had a tough time converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Mensik and Murray is 1-0 for Jakub.
Draw and next match H2H: Jakub Mensik vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Mensik will face Rublev in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Jakub Mensik and Andrey Rublev since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Jakub won the set after he broke Andy in the 3rd (2-1) game. The Brit tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Jakub didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 7-6.
The Czech was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40). On the other side, Murray converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 88 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Czech won just 2 more points than Andy (45-43). Mensik lost 21 points on serve (33-21). on the other side of the court, Andy conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).
Andy won the set after he broke the Czech .
Murray was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Jakub wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 14th game (5-7 40-A).
They played 88 points. Murray was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Jakub (48-40). The Brit conceded 17 points on serve (36-17). On the other side, Mensik conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).
Mensik got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Andy Murray in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Jakub to win the set as the Brit succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Jakub maintained his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 4.
Jakub failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
Nevertheless also the Brit won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5
Tiebreak
The Czech won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Brit won a minibreak in the 2nd (2-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Mensik was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Murray converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (2-5 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40).
They played 70 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Czech won just 2 more points than the Brit (36-34). Jakub conceded 14 points on serve (24-14). On the losing side, Andy conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hugo GrenierGrenier (7-63 6-78 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (4-6 7-5 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Andy MurrayMurray (7-66 6-73 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Gael MonfilsMonfils (2-0) – H2H details and stats
