Mesik remembered and thanked an Argentine in his coronation in the Miami Open

Jakub Mensik (23rd world ranking) is the man of the moment in the professional circuit, after his recent consecration in the Miami Masters 2025this being its first ATP trophy. To top it off, defeated Novak Djokovic (5th) in the final 7-6 (4) and 7-6 (4)in just under two hours of play.

However, beyond the tennis, which was not little, Mesik demonstrated its greatness also out of the court. At the awards ceremony, the Czech tennis player, just 19, remembered an Argentine. Whose? Alejandro Resnicoff. The physiotherapist and director of Medical Services at ATP Tour had a crucial role in Jakub’s consecration.

The reason for this is that Resnicoff51, received from kinesiologist at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), in 1997, with a history of clubs, futures, challengers and seniors, and former member of the Brazilian team GUGA KUERTE, He attended him at the born in Prostejov an hour before his first game at Miami Open for a pain in his knee.

“Thank you very special to Alejandro, one of the fisios of the ATP. Two days before the first game the knee began to hurt me. I visited doctors. It was nothing serious, simply a strong inflammation. I couldn’t walk or run. I started to take painful, but nothing solved it. The day of the game had the same sensations as the previous day. I tried to use the running tape, but I couldn’t even get up. AND I thought about retiring“The powerful right -hander declared.

Subsequently, the now worse ranked champion in the history of the tournament revealed: “I went to the doctor’s office to collect the role. I was heading to the physiotherapist room and I went through the supervisor’s office to notify my withdrawal. But I was lunch at that time, so I went to the physiotherapy room. They started doing a couple of treatments for 30 minutes. And they insisted: ‘It’s nothing serious, you can play with this pain and nothing will happen.’ After a few minutes I began to feel relieved. I took different soothing that helped me. Thus, 30 minutes before the game was able to run. “

“I managed to win the first round and then I had a day off. That was very good for my knee. Day by day the articulation was improving and helped me also raise my game. Thanks to him I went to the court, thanks to him I am here“, concluded the giant of 193 centimeters of height, in a gesture of pure humility and recognition.

In this way, Resnicoff, the only Latin American in the Fixed Staff of the ATP, which was added in 2010, and that had inspected the Serbian Novak Djokovic (5th) in Roland Garros 2024 against the albiceleste Francisco Cerúe (23 °), as well as the Italian Jannik Sinner star protagonist of the Mesik title in Miami.

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