Mensik survives five-set firefight with British wildcard Samuel
Lucian Nemoiu
LONDON, June 30 : Czech dark horse Jakub Mensik survived a huge scare as the 15th seed needed five sets to subdue British wildcard Toby Samuel in a fierce first-round fight at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The 20-year-old French Open semi-finalist looked out on his feet near the end of a gripping contest but had just enough in the tank to carve out a 5-7 6-3 6-3 3-6 7-6(7) victory. "It was a tough one, Toby played some unbelievable tennis that he also showed in Eastbourne last week and he didn't give
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