He didn’t even have to play Miami’s final: he had signed to give up but the referee was on lunch break. So he recovered, and beat the champion who had called him to Serbia to act as a sparring. Tennis player by chance? No, behind this twenty year old Czech d’A is more …
Jakub Messik did not have to play the final in Miami. In reality, the Czech tennis player did not have to take the field even for the first round of the Masters 1000. Just before the debut against Roberto Bautista Agut, he had already signed the documents to retire due to a knee problem. The referee, however, was busy with the lunch break and so the young man of Prostribov called the ATP physiotherapist, Alejandro, to try to remedy. The same that the 2005 class thanked after winning the final of the second American 1000 tournament: “He made a miracle. Thanks to him I took the field, thanks to him I am here now. To be honest I don’t know what to say. It’s incredible”. A success, the first of his career in one of the most important tournaments on the circuit, which has arrived not against any player.