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Second seed Alex de Minaur meets Jakub Mensik on centre court on Friday in the final quarter-final in the Erste Bank Open
RANKING POINTS: ATP 500
START DATE/TIME: Friday 25th October, 2024, UK – not before 6:20pm / US ET – not before 1:20pm / US PT – not before 10:20am
VENUE: Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
SURFACE: Indoor hard
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel
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JAKUB MENSIK VS ALEX DE MINAUR PREDICTION
Jakub Mensik has come through four rounds to reach this stage after the 19-year-old Czech player had to come through qualifying. In the main draw, Mensik has beaten Alexei Popyrin and the Miomir Kecmanovic in straight sets and his confidence is flying at present.
He now meets Alex de Minaur who he has never faced before. The Australian is trying to build his fitness and sharpness back up and he will take plenty of positives from his wins over Jan-Lennard Struff and then Flavio Cobolli in the round of 16 on Thursday.
De Minaur faces a quick turnaround after only playing yesterday and he will be hoping his body holds up to the physical demands of that given his injury troubles. Assuming he is fully fit, he will fancy his chances here in what will be a really good test.
Mensik will have no fear over facing the second seed and will push him all the way, but we like De Minaur’s chances based on how he is playing so far this week in Vienna.
JAKUB MENSIK VS ALEX DE MINAUR TIP: ALEX DE MINAUR TO WIN