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Jakub Mensik vs Borna Coric: ATP Washington – First round
One of the rising stars on the ATP tour Jakub Mensik will take on Borna Coric in the opening round of ATP Montreal.
Jakub Mensik Profile
Jakub Mensik has the best ranking of his career being No. 65 in the world. The player from the Czech Republic is 27-16 for the season and 18-7 on hard.
Mensik is coming off a 6-3, 7-5 win over Taha Baadi in the qualifiers in Montreal. Last week, he lost in the second round of the Olympics to Tommy Paul, 6-3, 7-5.
Mensik reached two finals this season. In Canberra he lost to Dominik Koepfer and in Doha to Karen Khachanov.
This is the first appearance in Montreal for the 18-year-old.
Borna Coric Profile
Former world No. 12 Borna Coric is currently 83rd in the ATP rankings. The Croat is 15–18 for the season and 3-6 on hard surfaces.
Coric is coming off a 6-4, 6-2 win over Liam Draxl in the qualifiers in Montreal. Last week, he lost the opener in Washington to Emil Ruusuvuori by 6-7, 7-6, 6-4.
Coric made two finals early in the season. At the Challenger in Ottignies Louvain la Neuve, he lost to Lucas Riedl and in Montpellier to Alexander Bublik.
This is his fifth appearance in Montreal, and he has never made it past the second round.
Head-to-Head Mensik leads 1-0
- Mensik vs Coric 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2024 ATP Dubai, first round)
Prediction and Conclusion
The 18-year-old Jakub Mensik looks like the next rising star on the ATP tour, and he may be the one making a huge jump this week in Montreal. The player from the Czech Republic didn’t make a deep run at the Olympics but had enough time to prepare for Montreal. Borna Coric is someone who was as promising as Mensik was today when he was a teenager, but given injuries, she is just a shadow of the player he once was. This will be the second match this year between the two after Mensik won the decisive tiebreak in Dubai. This time, things will go way easier for him, and Mensik will be the one to advance to the second round.
