Jakub Mensik shocks Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Madrid on Saturday. Mensik will engage against Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 34 minutes.
The Czech added to his prize money € 21,440 after winning this match. He has already won € 51,665 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jakub will add € 36,775 to his earnings to get in total € 88,440 in total.
Highlights Jakub Mensik vs. Grigor Dimitrov Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jakub scored 110 points vs. Dimitrov’s 103.
Mensik
Jakub struck 16 aces and he committed 5 double faults. The Czech was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7).
Dimitrov
On the other side, Dimitrov was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Mensik and Dimitrov is 1-0 for Jakub.
Draw and next match H2H: Jakub Mensik vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime – stats
Mensik will square off with Auger-Aliassime in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Jakub Mensik and Felix Auger-Aliassime since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Czech in this set didn’t concede much to the Bulgarian and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Dimitrov in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Grigor was not able to offer any resistance in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Czech converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40) and the 9th game (6-1 40-A). On the other side, the Bulgarian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 60 points. Jakub won 6 points more than Dimitrov (33-27). Jakub dropped 11 points on serve (21-11). on the other side of the court, Grigor conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
Dimitrov won the set after he broke Mensik .
Grigor was on the money in converting all his break points in the 10th (5-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 93 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Bulgarian won only 1 point more than Jakub (47-46). The Bulgarian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, Mensik conceded 27 points on serve (42-27).
Mensik had a strong start of this set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Czech to win the set as Grigor managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Mensik kept his cool to break Dimitrov in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Mensik converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Grigor was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).
They contested 60 points. Mensik was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Grigor (32-28). Mensik surrendered 12 points on serve (18-12). On the other side, the Bulgarian conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
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