Teenager Jakub Mensik denied his childhood idol Novak Djokovic a 100th ATP singles title with a superb performance to win the Miami Open. The 19-year-old Czech beat Serbia's Djokovic 7-6 (7-4 ...

Czech teenager Jakub Mensik beats childhood idol Novak Djokovic to win the Miami Open, having come close to withdrawing hours before his first-round match with a knee injury.

However, the 37-year-old's wait will go on after his loss to Mensik, who was just 10 months old when Djokovic won his first title in 2006. Mensik is the ninth-youngest Masters 1000 champion and ...

Czech teenager Jakub Mensik grew up idolizing Novak Djokovic. On Sunday in Miami, after a more than five-and-a-half hour rain delay, the 19-year-old from Prostejov denied his hero a milestone victory ...

Teenager Jakub Mensik denied his childhood idol Novak Djokovic a 100th ATP singles title with a superb performance to win the Miami Open. The 19-year-old Czech beat Serbia's Djokovic 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 ...

It was the first-ever career title for the 19-year-old Mensik, who also denied the 37-year-old Djokovic his 100th career title. It was the largest age gap at a Masters 1000 final since the series ...

Nineteen-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik beat his childhood idol Novak Djokovic 7-6(4) 7-6(4) in an upset for the ages, claiming his first ATP title at the Miami Open as he denied the former No. 1 his ...

"I started playing tennis because of you." Mensik's victory spoiled the party for Djokovic, who was seeking his 100th career title and a record seventh in the Miami Open. Djokovic will have to ...