In the Round of 32 at the Australian Open on Thursday, Jakub Mensik (ranked No. 48) takes on Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (No.
(From left) Learner Tien, Jakub Mensik and Joao Fonseca are the first three teenagers to have beaten 1 top-10 men at the same grand slam since Wimbledon 2006. Fonseca and Mensik have exited the year's ...
and fellow 19-year-old Jakub Mensik stunned sixth seed Casper Ruud in the second round. Notably, world number four Taylor Fritz was also sent packing, leaving just six of the top-10 seeds in the ...
Tien was one of a trio of teens who upset top-10 players in Melbourne, alongside Brazil's Joao Fonseca and Jakub Mensik. "I think the past couple of weeks have just been great for me to know that ...
Alexander Zverev also progressed but Norway's Casper Ruud went down in four sets to Czech teenager Jakub Mensik to become the highest men's seed to fall at six. Playing under the roof on Rod Laver ...
Almost half of the men's singles top 10 seeds won't feature in the second week of the Australian Open after being knocked out by teenagers.
Carlos Alcaraz humorously addresses the rise of Next Gen stars like Joao Fonseca, Learner Tien, and Jakub Mensik, who are making waves at the Australian Open. During the Australian Open 2025, Carlos ...
But the giant-killing exploits in Melbourne of Joao Fonseca, Learner Tien and Jakub Mensik signalled another generation are already knocking on the door. Highly-rated Brazilian Fonseca, 18, thrust ...
Brazil's Joao Fonseca, 18, stunned Russian Andrey Rublev in the first round, then 19-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik knocked out Norway's Casper Ruud in the second round. But while both Fonseca and ...
A "very hot-headed" Novak Djokovic produced a vintage display to join Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev in the Australian ...