PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah Update: Mensik, Shang impress

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/a continued his impressive march towards the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a by reaching the semi-finals at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/umag/439/overview'Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag/a./ppThe 18-year-old Czech, currently second in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, earned three consecutive straight-sets wins before he was eventually stopped by Italian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-musetti/m0ej/overview'Lorenzo Musetti/a at the ATP 250 clay-court event. Earlier this year, Mensik advanced to the final in Doha. He is currently in action at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/paris/96/2024/results'Paris Olympics/a this week./p[ATP APP]pstronga rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/next-gen-race" target="_blank"PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah/a/strong/ptable tbody tr tdstrongPlayernbsp;/strong/td tdstrongPoints/strong/td /tr tr td1) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a/td td1515/td /tr tr td2) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/anbsp;/td td654/td /tr tr td3) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a/td td647/td /tr tr td4) a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juncheng-shang/s0re/overview" target="_blank"Shang Juncheng/a/td td645/td /tr tr td5) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luca-van-assche/v0dz/overview'Luca Van Assche/a/td td379/td /tr tr td6) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joao-fonseca/f0fv/overview'Joao Fonseca/a/td td274/td /tr tr td7) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henrique-rocha/r0go/overview'Henrique Rocha/a/td td229/td /tr tr td8) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vilius-gaubas/g0fw/overview'Vilius Gaubas/a/td td195/td /tr tr td9) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gonzalo-bueno/b0gr/overview'Gonzalo Bueno/a/td td174/td /tr tr td10) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/learner-tien/t0ha/overview'Learner Tien/a/td td173/td /tr /tbody/tablepChinese lefty a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juncheng-shang/s0re/overview" target="_blank"Shang Juncheng/a remains well positioned in fourth after reaching his second tour-level semi-final of the year at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/atlanta/6116/overview'Atlanta Open/a. The 19-year-old came through qualifying, beating a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a en route at the hard-court tournament./ppEarlier in July, PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah leader a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a captured his maiden ATP 500 crown in Hamburg, while third-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a advanced to the final in Newport for the second straight year./ppDown in 10th place, 18-year-old American a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/learner-tien/t0ha/overview'Learner Tien/a has boosted his hopes of qualifying for the 20-and-under event, due to take place from 18-22 December, after reaching the semi-finals at an ATP Challenger Tour tournament in Chicago. Tien won his maiden Challenger Tour title earlier in July in Bloomfield Hills./pp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p