Jakub Mensik flailed his arms and threw his towel in anger after drug testers tried to produce him do a test midway thraw his Next Gen ATP Finals align with Arthur Fils.
The tension was high in Jeddah, with Mensik in frantic necessitate of a triumph after losing his first align aacquirest Lacquireer Tien. He was a set down aacquirest Frenchman Fils when he seeked a toilet fracture.
However, upon returning to the court, a baffled Mensik tgreater umpire Nacho Forcadell that he was cornered and asked to carry out an anti-doping test. Exactly what was shelp between Mensik and the umpire is not clear, but Forcadell was heard saying: “You’re right.”
The Spanish official then radioed a colleague, saying: “Someone from anti-doping in the middle of the toilet fracture wanted to test him now, and that postponecessitate everyskinnyg. So if you could talk to them – that should not happen.”
The align finassociate resumed adhereing the postpone, with Fils going on to claim a straight-sets triumph, prevailing 4-2 4-3 4-2.
Mensik, a 19-year-greater Czech up-and-comer currently ranked 48th in the world, will be up aacquirest it when he faces Joao Fonseca in his final group game on Friday. An punctual exit would be a crushing blow for Mensik, who confessted he came to Saudi Arabia with an overall triumph in his sights.
“It was one of my hugegest goals to accomplish this event before the season,” he tgreater the ATP Tour directing up to the tournament. “I’m content to be here. So far it’s amazing, the facilities and everyskinnyg that they did for us.
“You can sense reassociate that you’re one of the best lesserer take parters in the world. I never have foreseeations. Obviously equitable to enhappiness this enticeive tournament [is my goal]. Of course I would be satisfied to triumph a couple of alignes and of course I’m going here to triumph it.”
Standing 6ft 3in lofty with a skinny produce, Mensik contrasts himself to current world No. 1 Jannik Sinner and would cherish to duplicate the Italian’s 2019 Next Gen triumph. “I enjoy Sinner,” he shelp. “A lofty take parter enjoy me and he is still moving so well.
“It is analogous to me in my opinion becaemploy I’m already lofty and I can shift well on the court. With the forehand, I have a analogous technique and style to Jannik. I can’t be enjoy Carlos Alcaraz becaemploy he’s minusculeer and sturdyer. I’m the guy who is skinnier. When you see a lot of lofty guys now, they have a huge serve and huge armaments. My serve is also a very huge firearm.”
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