Miami Open 2025 Day 10 Semi Final Recap

Day 10 on the 2025 Miami Open delivered two semi-finals at reverse ends of the age spectrum.

19-year-old Jakub Mensik thundered 25 aces to upset Taylor Fritz 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4), whereas 37-year-old Novak Djokovic dispatched Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-3 with a serving clinic, touchdown a career-high 87% of his first serves.

Mensik, the third-lowest-ranked finalist in Miami historical past, received a grueling 27-shot rally to assist seal his tiebreak conquer Fritz, establishing a dream last in opposition to his childhood idol Djokovic, who’s one win from a file seventh Miami title and his one hundredth tour-level trophy.

Mensik appears like a serve bot with an enormous future, whereas Djokovic’s 20-1 file in Miami after reaching the quarter-finals makes him the heavy favorite for Sunday’s last. Under is a full recap, match stats, and highlights from Friday’s semi-finals.

Day Ten 2025 Miami Open Semi-Remaining Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Jakub Mensik
Taylor Fritz (3)
7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(4)

Novak Djokovic (4)
Grigor Dimitrov (14)
6-2, 6-3

Mensik Outmanoeuvres Fritz

Jakub Mensik took out Taylor Fritz 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4) to succeed in his first ATP Masters 1000 last and arrange a showdown with childhood hero Novak Djokovic.

Mensik has powered his method by way of the draw, and he continued that development on Friday, thundering 25 aces and holding his nerve in two clutch tiebreaks to oust the hometown favorite,

The Czech couldn’t break Fritz’s serve all through the two-hour, 25-minute conflict, and the American saved the one two break factors he confronted within the third set.

Nonetheless, the tie-breaks had been the place Mensik discovered his sport, profitable a grueling 27-shot rally on Fritz’s serve within the third set tie-break to arrange two match factors, changing the primary with a blistering ace.

In what was a servefest, I believed Fritz performed fairly properly, however his forehand wasn’t as stable as he’d like. This yr, he’s not hit that shot so properly, and whereas I believe it regarded higher in Miami, some key errors value him within the semifinal and that’s why Mensik was in a position to come out on prime.

As for Mensik, he’s an actual drive together with his sport, large serve, massive groundies however not the perfect mover on the market which I believe Novak will exploit within the last.

The return was powerful at present. We had been serving actually nice at present so he didn’t give me a chance to interrupt him. It was simply the tie-breaks for me that was the decider. I got here to point out my finest efficiency within the tie-breaks. Mensik on his win.

Between the 2 tie-breaks, I’ve to win one in all them. I’ve to play slightly bit higher. I believe after I’m enjoying properly, after I’m profitable matches, it’s type of simply what I do. I pull by way of these conditions. So to simply type of get out-toughed in two tie-breaks, it sucks. I did my job. I didn’t get damaged. I didn’t face a break level till the third set, so… it sucks. If the situations are quick sufficient and he’s serving properly sufficient, he’s all the time going to be within the match. It’s going to be tight. He’s going to have a stable probability. I’m unsure as a result of I couldn’t return a serve, that doesn’t imply that Novak is just not going to have the ability to return a serve. It’s going to rely on that. Fritz on the loss.

Match Stats

Jakub Mensik
Taylor Fritz

Winners
40
39

Unforced Errors
37
34

Aces
25
14

Double Faults
4
3

1st Serve %
73% (74/101)
69% (79/114)

1st Serve Factors Gained
82% (61/74)
80% (63/79)

2nd Serve Factors Gained
52% (14/27)
46% (16/35)

Break Factors Saved
50% (1/2)
100% (2/2)

Service Video games
94% (16/17)
100% (17/17)

1st Return Factors Gained
20% (16/79)
18% (13/74)

2nd Return Factors Gained
54% (19/35)
48% (13/27)

Break Factors Gained
0% (0/2)
50% (1/2)

Return Video games
0% (0/17)
6% (1/17)

Strain Factors
11% (1/9)
89% (8/9)

Service Factors
74% (75/101)
69% (79/114)

Return Factors
31% (35/114)
26% (26/101)

Whole Factors
51% (110/215)
49% (105/215)

Max Factors In A Row
5
4

Whole Video games
47% (16/34)
53% (18/34)

Max Video games In A Row
2
2

Djokovic Serves His Approach Previous Dimitrov

Novak Djokovic is one win away from a file seventh Miami Open and his one hundredth tour-level trophy, dispatching Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-3 in a medical 70-minute semi-final on Friday.

Djokovic’s serve was as soon as once more the cornerstone of his sport. He landed 87% of his first serves (highest of his profession) and received 79% of these factors.

Dimitrov began properly with a break within the first sport of the match, however he rapidly drained. As I anticipated, he regarded drained after his grueling quarter-final in opposition to Francisco Cerundolo, throughout which he wanted medical help to go away the court docket and he dedicated 32 unforced errors.

It didn’t assist that he had received solely one in all 12 encounters heading in, both, and he had no solutions to Djokovic’s precision on the market, with Novak not making a single unforced error off his forehand.

Whereas I believe that stat is considerably deceptive, as he knew he didn’t have to tear the forehand, as Dimitrov wasn’t in a position to damage him from the baseline, staying excellent on a single shot at this degree is spectacular.

So far as my sport goes, once more, serve was undoubtedly the spotlight of the match. I believe I used to be 83 per cent [first-serves made] final match, and I believed it could most likely be tough to beat that, however at present 87 [per cent]. I don’t know what to say, I’ve been serving very well, and hopefully I can proceed in the identical style as a result of that undoubtedly makes my life simpler on the court docket. Djokovic on his serving show.