By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday April 29, 2025
Jakub Mensik – all he does is win.
The 19-year-old, who received his maiden Masters 1000 title in Miami on March thirty first, has not skipped a beat on the purple clay. On Tuesday he made brief work of Alexander Bublik, 6-3 6-2 in 53 minutes, to turn out to be the fifth teenager to achieve the Madrid Open quarterfinals.
Gamers capable of attain the Madrid Masters QFs earlier than turning 20• 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (2005)
• 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (2006)
• 🇨🇦 Denis Shapovalov (2018)
• 🇪🇸 Carlos Alcaraz (2022)
• 🇨🇿 Jakub Mensik (2025) pic.twitter.com/J9JBYBEyQo
— Mario Boccardi (@boccardi_marioo) April 29, 2025
Mensik stretches his Masters profitable streak to 9 victories and turns into the primary participant since Daniil Medvedev in 2019 to achieve the quarterfinals in his subsequent ATP Masters occasion after profitable his first Masters title within the earlier one.
Twenty third-ranked Mensik improves to 17-7 on the season, and he’s presently as much as No.20 within the present ATP stay rankings. He’ll face Francisco Cerundolo subsequent.
Throughout the contest, Mensik acquired some excessive reward from Bublik.
“He’s so good,” Bublik advised umpire Mohammed Layhani after the handshake. The Kazakhstani additionally went right into a monologe, espousing the abilities of the Czech teen.
“Keep in mind when tennis was straightforward? 5 years in the past, it was tremendous straightforward to play tennis. You had a bunch of random folks within the High 50, barely transferring. Now this man [Mensik] is just not even High 10. The **** is that?”-Alexander Bublik #MMOpen pic.twitter.com/kwkiiYcmeA
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 29, 2025
“He is so good” 😂@mensik_jakub_ powers previous Bublik in an entertaining 6-3 6-2 match.#MMOpen pic.twitter.com/sudvAS1JAd
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 29, 2025
