Jakub Mensik stuns Coric in the 1st round to play vs Davidovich Fokina at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. HIGHLIGHTS – DUBAI RESULTS

Jakub Mensik shocks Borna Coric 4-6 6-3 7-6(7) in the 1^st round in Dubai on Tuesday. Mensik will engage against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes.

Dubai

Mensik's Record

Mensik added to his prize money $ 20,080 after winning this match. He has already won $ 43,025 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jakub will add $ 37,575 to his earnings to get in total $ 80,600 in total.

Highlights Jakub Mensik vs. Borna Coric Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mensik

Coric

4-6 6-3 7-6⁷
2h:54

111

111

Total points

109

109

49

49

Winners

50

50

44%

44%

Ratio Winners

46%

46%

-- Serve --

18

18

Aces

5

5

2

2

Double Faults

6

6

61%

61%

1st in

59%

59%

74%

74%

1st won

76%

76%

49/66

49/66

1st won

50/66

50/66

47%

47%

2nd won

42%

42%

20/43

20/43

2nd won

19/45

19/45

-- Break Points --

2/14

2/14

Total

2/6

2/6

14%

14%

Won

33%

33%

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At the end of the match, the Czech scored 111 points vs. Coric’s 109.

Mensik

Jakub fired 18 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Czech won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 14% (2/14) of the procured opportunities.

Coric

On the other side, Coric had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Mensik and Coric is 1-0 for Jakub.

Draw and next match H2H: Jakub Mensik vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats

Mensik will compete against Davidovich Fokina in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Jakub Mensik and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mensik (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Mensik won 7-6³ 6-4 in the 1^st round in Doha back in February 2024.

Live score progression and stats

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Coric conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Jakub was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Borna was perfect in converting all his break points in the 9^th (4-4 15-40) and the 11^th game (6-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Czech was perfect in converting all his break points in the 8^th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 76 points. Borna was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Mensik (41-35). Borna surrendered 9 points on serve (23-9). In addition, on the other side, Jakub conceded 18 points on serve (26-18).

Similarly to the 1^st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Jakub clinched in the 6^th game (4-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).

Mensik converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5^th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Mensik didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 55 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Mensik won just 3 more points than Coric (29-26). Jakub dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Coric conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).

Jakub won the set after he broke Borna in the 3^rd (2-1) game. The Croatian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Jakub stayed solid to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 7.

Tiebreak

The Czech won 6 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (4-0), 8^th (5-3), 12^th (6-6), 13^th (7-6) and 16^th (9-7) point. On the other side, the Croatian won 5 minibreaks in the 6^th (2-4), 7^th (3-4), 10^th (5-5), 11^th (6-5) and 14^th (7-7) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

The Czech converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). Jakub saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. Furthermore, on the other side, Coric converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 10^th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 89 points. Jakub was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Coric (47-42). Jakub conceded 17 points on serve (28-17). on the other side of the net, Borna conceded 19 points on serve (25-19).

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