Jakub Mesik hopes that his success in Miami Open will be the first of many after a teenage Czech completed the hardest task in tennis by defeating the great Novak Djokovic in the grand finale.
“I’m still 19 years old, so I have all my career in front of me. It’s great to have this (trophy) beside me, but it’s not just one title, one tournament … I’m hungry more.”
Mensik did not float his words after beat your childhood idol in upset over the yearsclaiming his first ATP title because he denied the former no. 1.
Obviously, it tastes for success.
Jakub Mesik, Arthur Fils and Joao Fonsec are part of the following stars coming in a professional circle
Mesik, who beat World No 4 Taylor Fritz in the earlier circle in the semi-final and Indian champion of Wells Jack Draper, will be raised at the best career number, in the last ATP rankings, two years after being in the world in 390.
He also became the first Czech player to win the ATP Masters 1000 event since Tomas Berdych prevailed in 2005 in Paris.
Mensik went through a 24-plow Grand Slam champion with Poise and Stellar 130 mph serves, knocked 14 aces, and was broken only once because Djokovic was rejected by his 100th career title and a record seventh at Miami Open.
“Never happy to have lost, but there was one of the few players to be happier to lose, to be honest. I saw him play when he was 15 or 16 years old and called him. We had several training blocks. He trained at my club in Belgrade, and his development and evolution is really great, amazing,” said 37-year-old Djokov.
“Then I saw that he would be one of the best players in the world three, four years ago. So I’m great that he’s using the potential he has because he has a complete game.
“It serves incredible, powerful, precise, wins a lot of free points with the first service. And Backhand, his forehand has improved a lot and his movement for such a high large type, sliding and moving well. And it can still improve, so I’m sure we’ll see him around.”
Former Wimbledon finalist, Nick Kyrgios, approached the social media, calling Mensik “special” while delivering his potential with his maiden title.
“Mensik is truly something special. Not only would he have such calmness against the greatest time on such a stage, but also the fact that she is 19 years old … … This is a truly special child with a lot of potential to do special things.”
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Mensik revealed that he almost pulled out with Miami Open because of his knee pain
Who is Jakub Mensik?
The talented 19-year-old, nicknamed ‘Menimal’, loves spare ribs and towers above his opponents at 6FT 4in. Furely follows in the footsteps of the legendary Cherry of Peter Kvitova and Thomas Berdych.
At the age of 17, he became the youngest man of Borna Coric in 2014 to win the main drawing at the US Open and went to the third round of 2023, where Fritz finished his tournament.
Mesik even received an unexpected invitation to exercise with Djokovic after a breakthrough.
“I mean, playing with Novak or being part of his preparation, it was very important to me,” he thought. “Such a good experience because it pushed me a lot. When you can spend a while with the best player in the world, maybe in history, I don’t even know what to say … I learned a lot of things.”
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Watch Mensik beat Andy Murray last year on the way to the open Qatar Open
Mensik reached his first final at the 2024 tour level at Qatar Open, where he beat Andy Murray and top -notch seeds of Andrey Rubles before he lost to Karen Khachanov in the finals.
He then upset Grigor Dimitrov on his way to the third round of Madrid Masters, and then the second round of the US Open made the second year of running.
The talented young man was startled by the sixth seed of Casper Ruud in the second round of the Australian Open, but came out in the next round in Alejandra Davidovich Fokine.
He then suffered a fall in shape after his feat in Melbourne. However, Miami Open saw a re -form in the form from the Czech Republic where he showed maturity beyond his age to master all the time.
Mensik is part of a generation of young players going through which Brazilian Wonderkid Joao Fonsec, American student Tien and Frenchman Arthur Fils, includes Brazilian Wonderkid.
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2025-03-31 12:50:00
