IMAGE: Czech Republic’s Jakub Mensik celebrates after profitable his second spherical match in opposition to Norway’s Casper Ruud. {Photograph}: Edgar Su/Reuters
Casper Ruud was despatched spinning out of the Australian Open as Czech teenager Jakub Mensik pulled off a powerful 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4 upset underneath the lights at Margaret Court docket Area on Wednesday.
Rangy 19-year-old Mensik, the 2022 boy’s singles finalist at Melbourne Park, sealed the match in model with a searing forehand winner to push the three-times Grand Slam finalist and sixth seed to the exit.
IMAGE: Czech Republic’s Jakub Mensik shakes fingers with Norway’s Casper Ruud. {Photograph}: Edgar Su/Reuters
Mensik reached the third spherical of the event for the primary time, matching his greatest Grand Slam end result after reaching the third spherical of the U.S. Open twice.
Ruud turned the fourth prime 10 seed to fall on the event following Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev and Grigor Dimitrov.
IMAGE: Casper Ruud reacts. {Photograph}: Edgar Su/Reuters
