Chris Oddo| @thefanchild | Monday, May 12, 2025
Jakub Mensik In March, he was shocked by his idol and played a lot of time in Miami Novak Djokovic In the finals, he became the second-year champion in the history of the tournament. He continues to impress since the tour moved to clay.
In Madrid, Mensik became the fifth teenager to join the quarterfinals in Championship history, and in Foro Italico in Rome, where clay is slower and conditions are not well suited for his offensive game, he continues to thrive.
Wonderkid🥵@mensik_jakub_ Beat Marozsan 6-4 7-6 to enter the fourth round of Rome#ibi25 pic.twitter.com/drgt6yunmh
– Tennis TV (@tennistv) May 12, 2025
Mensik, on Monday, took 6-4, 7-6 (2) as Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan, becoming the first Czech to enter Rome for the first time since Tomas Berdych in 2017.
“So far the season is going pretty well, I’m pretty happy with everything. I’m playing good on the hard courts, and my first couple of tournaments on the clay I am doing quite well, so I am feeling well everywhere, that’s the most important thing for me. I am enjoying every moment on the court, playing these tournaments was always my dream so I will keep dreaming – my goals are high so let’s see what the next chapter of the season brings.”
Now, the powerful teenager has a 12-2 record in 2025 Masters 1000 games, and overall is 19-6, which keeps him ahead with Pete Sampras and Lleyton Hewitt, winning most of the games in the 1000 level as a teenager. This is the list he will continue to climb until he turns 20 on September 1.
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He has also been catching his lethality and getting rid of the difficult moments. Mensik won all seven tiebreaks he played during his time in Miami and won 11 of his last 12 tiebreaks he played in the 1,000 event.
Speaking of rock climbing, Mensik is now in the top 20 ATP in the field rankings and will likely be 20 after Rome. Next, he will face Hubert Hurkacz’s quarterfinals.
He cares more about the game than rankings.
“I don’t care about rankings, so I don’t know before or after the game,” he said. “It feels great. I found myself in the first game and in the first game of this game. The main purpose of this game was to keep my focus and stay calm and believe I’ll find a way.”
