#NextGenATP Mensik fires into last eight in Vienna
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/arsquo;s breakout year on the ATP Tour is showing no signs of slowing down as we approach the season finale.
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pThe #NextGenATP star surged to a 6-3, 7-6(7) triumph against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miomir-kecmanovic/ki95/overview'Miomir Kecmanovic/a on Thursday to book his spot in the last eight at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/vienna/337/overview'Erste Bank Open/a in Vienna, his fifth tour-level quarter-final of the year. Mensik was clinical on serve throughout the match, during which he won 86 per cent (48/56) of points behind his first delivery and saved all four of the break points he faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats./p
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p lang="en" dir="ltr"Qualifying ???? QFsa href="https://twitter.com/mensik_jakub_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@mensik_jakub_/a with another strong performance to continue his winning streak in Vienna! a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ErsteBankOpen?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#ErsteBankOpen/a | a href="https://twitter.com/ErsteBankOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@ErsteBankOpen/a a href="https://t.co/QgeBRvfLR3"pic.twitter.com/QgeBRvfLR3/a/p
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pWith the one hour and 53-minute victory, the 19-year-old is up to third in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, trailing second-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a by just 25 points. After a stellar season that has seen him climb inside the Top 50 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, Mensik is in strong contention to make his debut at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a in December./p
pMensikrsquo;s ability to combine his athleticism with craft at the net has been pivotal to his ascent through the ranks. It was on full display against Kecmanovic, underpinned by a sumptuous half-volley pickup to move ahead in the second set tie-break./p
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pAt the ATP 500 in Vienna, Mensik battled through two qualifying matches before toppling eighth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexei-popyrin/p09z/overview'Alexei Popyrin/a in their opening-round clash. After seeing off Kecmanovic in straight sets, the Czech qualifier will next face World No. 10 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a or Italian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a in the last eight./p
pMensik is no stranger to defeating a Top 10 opponent (4-3 overall), having conquered both a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a en route to his quarter-final loss to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview'Rolex Shanghai Masters/a last month./p
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