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·Slam·ClayJakub Mensik defeated Andrey Rublev 6-3, 7(8)-6(6), 4-6, 2-6, 6-3 — French Open 2026 R16.
Jakub Mensik and Andrey Rublev: Jakub Mensik leads 3–0 across 3 recorded meetings.
World No. 27 Jakub Mensik had no business surviving the middle of this match — Andrey Rublev, the 13th seed, ran off the third and fourth sets 6-4, 6-2 to flip a two-set deficit. But the decider went the way the serve numbers pointed all afternoon: Mensik won 77% of first-serve points to Rublev's 70% and stayed aggressive at the net, taking 25 of 33 there (76%). He fired 13 aces against nine double faults and closed it out 6-3 in the fifth to move to 3-0 in the rivalry, all on hard before this clay first.