Jakub Mensik routs Dusan Lajovic 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Brisbane on Thursday after playing a solid match to fight against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes.
Jakub added to his prize money $ 7,730 after winning this match. He has already won $ 18,685 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mensik will add $ 14,370 to his earnings to get in total $ 33,055 in total.
Highlights Jakub Mensik vs. Dusan Lajovic Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:05
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 64 points vs. the Serbian’s 42.
Mensik
The Czech won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Lajovic
On the other side, Lajovic was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Mensik and Lajovic is 3-0 for Jakub.
Draw and next match H2H: Jakub Mensik vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard – stats
Mensik will square off with Mpetshi Perricard in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Jakub Mensik and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mpetshi Perricard (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Mensik overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Dusan Lajovic in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Jakub to win the set because Lajovic managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Jakub kept his cool to break Dusan in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Czech converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Serbian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 62 points. The Czech won 6 more points than Lajovic (34-28). The Czech dropped 12 points on serve (20-12). In addition, on the other side, Dusan conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
The Czech in this set played at a much higher level than the Serbian and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Dusan in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Serbian surrendered the 7th game (5-2) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
Mensik converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Jakub didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. Jakub conquered the set after winning 16 points more than Lajovic (30-14). The Czech was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the net, Lajovic conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-3)
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-69 7-64)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-2)
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 7-64)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-5 6-3)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-2 7-65)
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-2 6-3)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 6-75 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-1) – H2H details and stats
