Jakub Mensik shocks Borna Coric 4-6 6-3 7-6(7) in the 1st round in Dubai on Tuesday. Mensik will engage against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes.
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
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 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd 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 1st 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 9th
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 9th (4-4 15-40) and the 11th 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 8th (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th 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 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Jakub clinched in the 6th 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 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th 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 3rd (2-1) game. The Croatian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (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 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 8th (5-3), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, the Croatian won 5 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 14th (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, 9-7The Czech converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th 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 10th 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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