Alex De Minaur bests Jakub Mensik 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Vienna on Friday. De Minaur will have to play Karen Khachanov in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 34 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Australian added to his prize money € 64,790 after conquering this match. He has already won € 132,470 so far in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Alex will add € 116,070 to his earnings to get in total € 248,540.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Jakub Mensik Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:34
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 113 points vs. Mensik’s 102.
De Minaur
Alex served very well to win 78% of the points (54/69) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (24/45) on his second serve. The Australian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Mensik
On the other side, Mensik wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between De Minaur and Mensik is 1-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
De Minaur will play Khachanov in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Alex De Minaur and Karen Khachanov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for De Minaur and Khachanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Jakub won the set after he broke Alex .
Jakub was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, De Minaur was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 107 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Mensik won only 1 point more than De Minaur (54-53). The Czech lost 15 points on serve (31-15). On the other side, the Australian conceded 23 points on serve (38-23).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Alex snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Alex didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. The contest during this set was so even that De Minaur won just 1 point more than Jakub (30-29). De Minaur lost 12 points on serve (20-12). On the other side, Mensik conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Alex conquered in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
De Minaur converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Alex didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Alex won 13 points more than Jakub (31-18). Alex surrendered 5 points on serve (21-5). On the losing side, Jakub conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
Tennis Scores in Vienna
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-6 7-65 6-4)
- Jack DraperDraper – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 3-6 6-1)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-1 6-4)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jakub MensikMensik (6-72 6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jack DraperDraper (0-2) – H2H details and stats
