Djokovic loses in Miami and missed 100th tournament victory – Diepresse.com
Novak Djokovic surprisingly lost the final of the tennis master in Miami against 19-year-old Jakub Mensik. He had started with the tennis because of it: « You were my big idol when I was young ».
Novak Djokovic surprisingly lost the final at the Tennis Masters in Miami and also missed the 100th tournament victory on the ATP tour. The former world ranking list was defeated by the Czech Jakub Mensik 6: 7 (4: 7), 6: 7 (4: 7). It was the first tournament victory on the ATP tour for the only 19 year old Mensik.
Due to rain, the match had started with more than five hours delay, the players had only come onto the pitch at 8:37 p.m. After 2:03 hours, Mensik converted the point to victory against his 37 -year -old opponent.
« You were my idol when I was young »
« You were my idol when I was young, » Mensik said at the award ceremony towards Djokovic. « I started playing tennis because of you. » Mensik was less than two years old when Djokovic won the tournament in Miami for the first time in 2007.
« /> « You were my idol when I was young, » said Mensik at the award ceremony. « I started playing tennis because of you. » Reuters / Geoff Burke
So far, only two players in the history of the ATP tour have won at least 100 tournaments: Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103). Djokovic would also have equated with Andre Agassi with a seventh tournament victory in Miami. In the narrow match, Mensik kept the nerve in the tie-break and defeated the record-Grand slam winner. (APA/dpa)
