Insane Spot Serving – Fritz Praises the Excessive-Octane Sport of 19-Yr-Outdated Mensik

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday March 29, 2025

Jakub Mensik fired 25 aces in his three-set win over Taylor Fritz to change into the third youngest participant to succeed in a Miami Open males’s singles last. The vanquished American had nothing however reward for the enhancements that the Czech teen has made because the pair final met on the US Open in 2023.

“He is actually good,” Fritz stated after the 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4) loss. “I performed him on his 18th birthday on the Open. Clearly he is improved so much since then. I believe he is improved naturally, like virtually every thing in his sport has improved. While you’re younger like that, you are simply going to get higher.”

Fritz had a number of bother making inroads in opposition to Mensik’s serve. He broke as soon as within the center set however that was all he might handle in opposition to the teenager.

“The serve is a large enchancment,” Fritz stated. “I performed him on the US Open in ’23. He had an enormous serve, however he did not place it that nicely. I used to be in a position to simply be on his serve on a regular basis. It was huge, however he did not hit the spots.”

Fritz stated that the pinpoint location of Mensik’s serve was what made such an issue to deal with. He added that guessing might need been his largest likelihood.

“The spot serving as we speak was insane,” Fritz stated. “I actually ought to have simply began guessing and selecting a facet extra usually as an alternative of attempting to react and use my attain like I usually do. I felt like both he missed the serve or he hit it inside an inch or two of the road. I actually ought to have simply began guessing.”