Mensik dumps Ruud out of Australian Open however Djokovic powers on – INA NEWS

Czech teenager Jakub Mensik despatched three-time Grand Slam finalist Casper Ruud tumbling out of the Australian Open earlier than warning the sport’s high seeds: “New blood is coming.”

The Norwegian sixth seed had no solutions to the facility and depth of the 19-year-old as he turned the best males’s seed to fall on Wednesday.

Mensik stormed dwelling 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 for the most important win of his fast-burgeoning profession, with Ruud falling sufferer to a different of tennis’s up-and-coming youth brigade difficult the established order.

NextGen winner Joao Fonseca, 18, beat ninth seed Andrey Rublev on Tuesday.

It’s the first time that two youngsters have overwhelmed top-10 gamers at a serious since 2006, when Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray achieved the feat at Wimbledon.

A 3rd teenager, American Learner Tien, 19, faces fifth seed Daniil Medvedev on Thursday.

“It’s nice that there’s new blood at all times. We will see that tennis is transferring on,” stated Mensik, ranked 48.

“We will see totally different or new names within the tournaments. For the followers, for tennis, for every little thing, it’s actually nice. New blood is coming!”

Nonetheless, world quantity two Alexander Zverev had no issues as he recorded a straight-sets victory over Spain’s Pedro Martinez for a spot within the third spherical.

The German proved too scorching to deal with for his fellow 27-year-old, beating him 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 in below two hours on Rod Laver Area.

Earlier, document 10-time champion Novak Djokovic surpassed Roger Federer for essentially the most Grand Slam singles matches performed on his means into the third spherical.

The 37-year-old confronted stiff resistance from fearless Portuguese qualifier Jaime Faria earlier than profitable 6-1, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-2 at Rod Laver Area to arrange a conflict with Czech twenty sixth seed Tomas Machac.

It was Djokovic’s 430th Slam contest to say sole possession of most singles matches performed, males or girls, within the Open period, forward of Federer (429) and Serena Williams (423).

Nobody else has performed 400 or extra.

“I really like this sport, I really like competitors,” stated Djokovic, who’s into the third spherical in Melbourne for a seventeenth straight yr.

“I attempt to give my finest each single time. It’s been over 20 years that I’ve been competing in Grand Slams on the highest stage.

“Whether or not I win or lose, I’ll at all times go away my coronary heart out on the courtroom. I’m simply blessed to be making one other document.

“Grand Slam matches and Grand Slam wins are what depend essentially the most in our sport. In fact, I’m very thrilled with that,” he added.

One of many later video games within the girls’s draw noticed world quantity three Gauff combating again from 5-3 down within the second set to see off te UK’s Jodie Burrage 6-3, 7-5.