Mensik Beats Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-3 in Shanghai
Czech Jakub Mensik beat Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-3 at the Shanghai Masters, leaving Serbia without a single singles player in the draw.
Miomir Kecmanovic played his entire match against Jakub Mensik at the Shanghai Masters without a single break point. He never created one, and he never had to save one either. Mensik won 6-3, 6-3 on Friday, October 9, 2026, and advanced to the third round.
How did the match unfold?
Mensik broke early in the second game of the opening set and led 2-0. He held that advantage to the end of the set without much trouble. The second set finished with the same score on paper, but according to RTS the Czech was even more dominant in it: he made two breaks and closed out the match quickly.
Mensik converted all three break points he had, 3 for 3. Kecmanovic had none, and according to Sport klub he did not even face one to save. B92 adds that Kecmanovic never managed to threaten Mensik’s serve, which was outstanding.
The sources differ by a minute on the length of the match: Sport klub puts it at 61 minutes, while B92 says exactly one hour. Mensik is the tournament’s 13th seed, and Sport klub calls Kecmanovic Serbia’s number two.
A third meeting and a third win for the Czech
This was Kecmanovic’s third match against Mensik and his third defeat. The first came in Vienna in 2024, the second in Beijing in 2025, and Shanghai added the third. The Serb has not won a set in any of the three, and in Shanghai both sets ended 6-3.
The sources also disagree on which round this was. RTS explicitly writes that it was the second round of the Masters, while B92 lists the match as the first round. Sport klub does not say so directly, but it writes that Kecmanovic had already come through the first round as a favorite and that Mensik’s win sends him to the third, which backs up RTS’s version.
Serbia has no singles player left
Kecmanovic’s loss was not the only bad news for Serbian tennis that day. Novak Djokovic lost in the second round to Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets, 2-0, and before them Hamad Medjedovic went out in the first round. After those three eliminations, Serbia has no player left in the singles draw in Shanghai.
Who awaits Mensik in the third round?
Mensik plays Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo in the third round. Cerundolo beat Russia’s Roman Safiullin in two sets, so the Czech’s next opponent is known.
