Karen Khachanov ended Jakub Mensikâs bid to turn out to be the tenth youngest ATP champion with a straight units win within the Qatar Open last on Saturday.
The Seventeenth-ranked Russian gained 7-6 (14/12), 6-4 to assert a sixth profession title in opposition to 18-year-old Mensik, the youngest finalist at a tour occasion since Carlos Alcaraz at Umag in 2021.
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Czech teenager Mensik, ranked 116 who will break into the highest 100 subsequent week, was enjoying in simply his third major draw occasion following breakout runs to the third spherical of the 2023 US Open and a second-round look on the Australian Open final month.
On his technique to the Doha last, he knocked out former world primary Andy Murray in addition to high seed Andrey Rublev.