Jakub Mensik shocks Ruud in the 2nd round at the Australian Open – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Mensik surprises Ruud

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Luke Meyer
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Jakub Mensik upsets Casper Ruud 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Mensik will fight against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

Mensik
Melbourne
Mensik's Record

Mensik added to his prize money $ 90,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mensik will add $ 130,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.

Highlights Jakub Mensik vs. Casper Ruud Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mensik
Ruud
Jakub Mensik
6-2 3-6 6-1
6-4
2h:44
Casper Ruud
126
126
Total points
103
103
46
46
Winners
47
47
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
35
35
Unforced
36
36
49%
49%
Ratio Unforced
51%
51%
25/37
25/37
Net Approaches
15/20
15/20
68%
68%
Perc
75%
75%
-- Serve --
22
22
Aces
7
7
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
60%
60%
1st in
62%
62%
71%
71%
1st won
63%
63%
46/65
46/65
1st won
47/75
47/75
65%
65%
2nd won
48%
48%
28/43
28/43
2nd won
22/46
22/46
217
217
Fastest serve
208
208
203
203
AVG 1st Serve
186
186
154
154
AVG 2nd Serve
164
164
-- Break Points --
5/16
5/16
Total
1/8
1/8
31%
31%
Won
13%
13%
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At the end of the match, Mensik scored 126 points vs. the Norwegian’s 103.

Mensik

Jakub fired 22 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The Czech won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 31% (5/16) of the procured opportunities.

Ruud

On the other side, Ruud had a tough time converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Mensik and Ruud is 1-0 for Jakub.

Draw and next match H2H: Jakub Mensik vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats

Mensik will fight against Davidovich Fokina in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Jakub Mensik and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Mensik and Davidovich Fokina (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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0
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Mensik in this set was much more effective than the Norwegian and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking the Norwegian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Ruud was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Mensik converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 76 points. Mensik won 6 points more than the Norwegian (41-35). The Czech dropped 11 points on serve (20-11). On the other side, Ruud conceded 21 points on serve (24-21).

2nd Set -
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There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Norwegian grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

They played 67 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Casper won barely 1 point more than Mensik (34-33). The Norwegian conceded 12 points on serve (21-12). On the other side, Jakub conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).

3rd Set -
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Mensik enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Jakub extended his lead after breaking Ruud in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Casper was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.

The Czech was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, the Norwegian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 38 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Norwegian (23-15). Mensik surrendered 5 points on serve (13-5). on the other side of the court, Casper conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).

4th Set -
Mensik

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Jakub snatched in the 7th game (4-3) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

Jakub converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Mensik didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 49 points. Mensik was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Casper (30-19). Jakub conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Casper conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).

1st
Mensik
Ruud
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Mensik
Ruud
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Mensik
Ruud
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
4th
Mensik
Ruud
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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