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.

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

Mensik seems to be 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 closing. Under is a full recap, match stats, and highlights from Friday’s semi-finals.

Day Ten 2025 Miami Open Semi-Closing 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 closing and arrange a showdown with childhood hero Novak Djokovic.

Mensik has powered his means by 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 recreation, successful 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 price 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 along with his recreation, big serve, massive groundies however not the most effective mover on the market which I believe Novak will exploit within the closing.

The return was robust right this moment. We had been serving actually nice right this moment so he didn’t give me a possibility 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 successful matches, it’s sort of simply what I do. I pull by these conditions. So to simply sort 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 circumstances are quick sufficient and he’s serving properly sufficient, he’s at all times going to be within the match. It’s going to be tight. He’s going to have a stable likelihood. I’m undecided as a result of I couldn’t return a serve, that doesn’t imply that Novak shouldn’t be going to have the ability to return a serve. It’s going to depend upon 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 Received
82% (61/74)
80% (63/79)

2nd Serve Factors Received
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 Received
20% (16/79)
18% (13/74)

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

Break Factors Received
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)

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

Max Factors In A Row
5
4

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

Max Video games In A Row
2
2

Djokovic Serves His Manner Previous Dimitrov

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

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

Dimitrov began properly with a break within the first recreation of the match, however he shortly 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 courtroom and he dedicated 32 unforced errors.

It didn’t assist that he had gained 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 harm him from the baseline, staying excellent on a single shot at this stage is spectacular.

So far as my recreation goes, once more, serve was positively the spotlight of the match. I believe I used to be 83 per cent [first-serves made] final match, and I believed it will in all probability be troublesome to beat that, however right this moment 87 [per cent]. I don’t know what to say, I’ve been serving rather well, and hopefully I can proceed in the identical trend as a result of that positively makes my life simpler on the courtroom. Djokovic on his serving show.