Mensik, Cobolli make winning starts in Umag

pCzech teen a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/a continued his push towards a place at Decemberrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a with a convincing win over a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexei-popyrin/p09z/overview'Alexei Popyrin/a at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/umag/439/overview'Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag/a Monday./p

pMensik, who reached the Doha final in February, improved to 13-10 on the season with a 6-3, 6-2 win over the Australian (13-13), who recently pushed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a to four sets at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a./p

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pIn the pairrsquo;s first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting, 18-year-old Mensik saved all four break points he faced according to Infosys ATP Stats./p

pMensik, who is now 8-4 in first-round matches in his career, next faces the winner of fifth-seeded Italian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luciano-darderi/d0fj/overview'Luciano Darderi/a and home hope a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/duje-ajdukovic/a0cj/overview'Duje Ajdukovic/a, who last week pushed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a to three sets in the Bastad semi-finals./p

pIn another good result for the ATPrsquo;s emerging stars Monday, 22-year-old Italian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a upset sixth-seeded Argentine a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mariano-navone/n0bs/overview'Mariano Navone/a 6-2, 6-3. The win lifted Cobolli to a career-high No. 46 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings. /p

pBrazilian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thiago-monteiro/mj08/overview'Thiago Monteiro/a defeated seventh-seeded Czech a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-machac/m0fh/overview'Tomas Machac/a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to set a meeting with Hungarian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabian-marozsan/m0ci/overview'Fabian Marozsan/a./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-sonego/su87/overview'Lorenzo Sonego/a denied 20-year-old Croatian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mili-poljicak/p0gq/overview'Mili Poljicak/a his first tour-level with an exhausting 6-2, 6-7(1), 7-6(9) victory in three hours and 16 minutes, with the Italian fighting through cramps in the final set. He next will meet Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexandre-muller/mp20/overview'Alexandre Muller/a./p

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