Jakub Mensik made event historical past Tuesday on the Mallorca Championships, knocking off defending champion Christopher Eubanks to turn into the youngest match-winner on the ATP 250. The 18-year-old earned a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 outcome for his first grass-court win.
Mensik joins 19-year-old Alex Michelsen, who’s into the quarter-finals, as the one teen winners within the occasion’s principal draw.
“For me it is a good outcome,” he mentioned in his on-court interview. “Clearly after tough weeks, struggling with the harm, I am completely happy to compete once more. Again on grass with a ‘W’, I am completely happy and I shall be pushing extra for the following spherical.”
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Mensik missed Roland Garros by means of harm however is now discovering kind on the grass behind his highly effective serve. He hit 12 aces and received 84 per cent (38/45) of his first-serve factors in his first Lexus ATP Head2Head assembly with Eubanks, in response to Infosys ATP Stats. He’ll subsequent meet Fabio Fognini for a spot within the quarter-finals.
Eubanks was bidding to turn into the primary participant to efficiently defend the Mallorca title.
Roberto Bautista Agut superior to his third Mallorca quarter-final in as many appearances with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 upset of second seed Ugo Humbert. The Spaniard earned his fortieth High 20 win — and his first since beating Daniil Medvedev final yr in Halle — with the outcome. After dropping out of the High 110 within the PIF ATP Rankings for the primary time since 2012 this week, the 36-year-old can re-enter the High 100 with two extra victories.
Former faculty stars Adam Walton and Paul Jubb additionally earned wins early in Tuesday’s motion. Walton, the 2021 NCAA doubles champion with the Tennessee Volunteers, beat Yannick Hanfmann 7-5, 6-2. Jubb, the 2019 NCAA singles champion with South Carolina, scored a 6-1, 6-2 outcome towards Maximilian Marterer. The qualifiers will sq. off for a spot within the quarter-finals.
Michelsen has already superior to the quarters after incomes his second win of the week, a 7-6(5), 6-4 upset of third seed Adrian Mannarino. The #NextGenATP American will subsequent meet Sebastian Ofner, who scored an upset of his personal, 6-3, 7-5 towards Luciano Darderi.
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