Novak Djokovic conquers Jakub Mensik 6-7(4) 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in Shanghai on Friday. Djokovic will engage against Taylor Fritz in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. Novak won this tournament 4 times in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Shanghai
Djokovic's Record

The Serbian added to his prize money $ 140,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 325,000 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Novak will add $ 260,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 585,000.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Jakub Mensik Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Djokovic
Mensik
6-74 6-1 6-4
2h:19
103
103
Total points
88
88
43
43
Winners
51
51
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
58%
58%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
17
17
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
63%
63%
1st in
60%
60%
83%
83%
1st won
78%
78%
43/52
43/52
1st won
51/65
51/65
57%
57%
2nd won
34%
34%
17/30
17/30
2nd won
15/44
15/44
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
1/1
1/1
44%
44%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Novak scored 103 points vs. Mensik’s 88.

Djokovic

The Serbian served pretty well to win 83% of the points (43/52) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (17/30) on his second serve. Djokovic won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Mensik

On the other side, Jakub was great in converting the only break point that he converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Mensik is 1-0 for Novak.

Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Taylor Fritz – stats

Djokovic will come up against Fritz in the semifinal.

This will be the 10th time that Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz face off. The head to head is 9-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 7-63 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Australian open back in January 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Mensik clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 9th (4-5) game, Mensik broke back in the 10th (5-5) game to conquer the set 7-6.

Jakub was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-5 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A).

They contested 91 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Czech won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Novak (45-46). Mensik conceded 15 points on serve (30-15). In addition, on the other side, Novak conceded 15 points on serve (31-15).

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Djokovic came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Jakub Mensik in the 2nd

game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Djokovic reinforced his lead after breaking Mensik in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Mensik was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1 to 6-1.

The Serbian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 42 points. Djokovic won 8 points more than Jakub (25-17). Novak was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3

). on the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Serbian conquered in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).

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

They played 58 points. Djokovic was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Mensik (33-25). The Serbian conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, Jakub conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).

1st
Djokovic
Mensik
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Djokovic
Mensik
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Djokovic
Mensik
6-4
6
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Tennis Scores in Shanghai

  • Taylor FritzFritz – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 6-4)
  • Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jakub MensikMensik (6-74 6-1 6-4)
  • Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-1 6-4)
  • Tomas MachacMachac – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (7-65 7-5)

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