Jakub Mensik stuns Arthur Fils 7-6(5) 6-1 in the quarter in Miami on Thursday. Mensik will face off with Taylor Fritz in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Jakub added to his prize money $ 143,085 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 332,160 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 265,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 597,890.
Highlights Jakub Mensik vs. Arthur Fils Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:15
At the end of the match, Mensik scored 68 points vs. Fils’s 54.
Mensik
Jakub served very well to win 86% of the points (30/35) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (9/18) on his second serve. Mensik fired 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Mensik was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7).
Fils
On the other side, Arthur was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Mensik and Fils is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Jakub Mensik vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Mensik will play Fritz in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Jakub Mensik and Taylor Fritz fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Mensik took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Arthur Fils in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Mensik to win the set as the French player managed to break back in the 7th (3-4) game.
Jakub converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, the French player converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Mensik won just 3 more points than Arthur (45-42). Mensik conceded 11 points on serve (22-11). On the other side, the French player conceded 23 points on serve (31-23).
Mensik got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Arthur Fils in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Jakub managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Arthur in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
The Czech converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Jakub didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 35 points. Jakub was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the French player (23-12). The Czech was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). In addition, on the other side, Fils conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Taylor FritzFritz – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 6-77 7-5)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 7-64)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Arthur FilsFils (7-65 6-1)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-76 6-4 7-63)
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