Inexorable Jakub Mensik claims the title in Miami. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – MIAMI RESULTS

Jakub Mensik surprises Novak Djokovic 7-6(4) 7-6(4) in the final in Miami on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. This is the first time that Jakub conquered this tournament. His best result in this tournament so far was reaching the qualifications. Here you can see when his history at this event.

The Czech added $ 526,490 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 1,124,380 in total after conquering this tournament.

Highlights Jakub Mensik vs. Novak Djokovic Miami Open – Miami

Mensik’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Jakub won this match even if he scored the same amount of points of Djokovic (76 vs. 76).

Mensik

Jakub served extremely well to win 77% of the points (40/52) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (14/26) on his second serve. Jakub struck 14 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The Czech won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.

Djokovic

On the other side, Djokovic was exceptional in converting the only break point that he converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Mensik and Djokovic is 1-1

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This was the maiden title for the Czech. The Serbian remains with 99^th titles. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Mensik won the set after he broke the Serbian in the 5^th (4-1) game. Novak tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th

(4-3) game. Nevertheless, Mensik didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 7-6.

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Djokovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7^th game (2-4 30-40).

They contested 50 points. It’s worth to point out that, Jakub won this set even if he scored less points 12 than Novak (19-31). Jakub surrendered 7 points on serve (10-7). on the other side of the court, Novak conceded 9 points on serve (24-9).

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Mensik won the breaker at 7-4.

Tiebreak

The Czech won 5 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 5^th (3-2), 8^th (5-3), 9^th (6-3) and 11^th (7-4) point. On the other side, Novak won 3 minibreaks in the 3^rd (1-2), 7^th (3-4) and 10^th (4-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4

Jakub was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4^th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Mensik didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Czech won just 3 more points than Novak (40-37). The Czech dropped 13 points on serve (27-13). On the other side, the Serbian conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).