He began the 12 months at 167th place within the ATP rating however, because of a season performed with consistency in efficiency and outcomes, Jakub Mensik is about to finish it within the prime 50 on the planet.
The Czech tennis participant, at simply 19 years outdated, is already acquiring very optimistic outcomes. Already a finalist on the ATP 250 in Doha in February, the expansion of the younger tennis participant has been slowed down by a number of too many accidents and two withdrawals this 12 months.
The 19-year-old gave his newest demonstration of his expertise on the Shanghai Rolex Masters, the place he beat Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov in sequence, incomes a dream quarterfinal with Novak Djokovic. The victories obtained on the Chinese language match allowed the Czech to acquire a rare outcome by way of precocity, achieved within the new millennium by solely 5 different tennis gamers earlier than him.
For Mensik, the one towards Dimitrov was the fourth victory of the 12 months towards top-10 tennis gamers within the ATP rating. The truth is, it’s the second victory towards the Bulgarian, to that are added the 2 successes with Andrey Rublev in Doha and within the 2nd spherical of the identical Chinese language match at present underway. Mensik turned solely the sixth under-21 participant since 2000 to acquire this variety of consecutive victories towards tennis gamers categorised within the prime 10 of the ATP rating.
6 – Since 2000, Jakub Mensik has turn into solely the sixth teenager to assert 4+ consecutive ATP prime 10 wins after Lleyton Hewitt, Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune. Type.#RolexShanghaiMasters | @SH_RolexMasters @atptour @ATPMediaInfo pic.twitter.com/poedd3NnCq
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Earlier than him, solely Lleyton Hewitt, Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune had achieved this feat. A outcome that highlights the qualities of the younger Czech, who might quickly make the definitive leap in high quality in the direction of the highest of world tennis.
Mansik is a tennis participant who, regardless of being very tall and an enormous server, combines energy with nice agility and a very good contact, which permit him to maneuver with ease and to resist even exhausting exchanges from the baseline.
So, a brand new wind is blowing on the ATP Tour. In 2024 the Subsequent Gen are lastly rising. Juncheng Shang turned the second Chinese language tennis participant ever to win an ATP singles title, after Wu Yibing, and the youngest tennis participant to win a title this 12 months. The Brazilian Joao Fonseca, 18 years outdated, at present quantity 157 ATP, and already outlined by many as the brand new Jannik Sinner.
