Overview
- Jakub Mensik brought his long-term mental coach Dragan Vujovic to his first Grand Slam semi and then lost to Alexander Zverev in four sets on Saturday.
- Andre Agassi told TNT Sports he was “not a big fan” of the decision, said a player should “bring in your mom at that stage,” and later mocked flying the coach first class.
- Former player Sam Querrey and others pushed back on Agassi’s tone, saying Mensik’s mentality looked strong during the fortnight and did not need outside correction.
- Vujovic defended his role to The Athletic, describing specific techniques he uses to manage serve, return, concentration, error recovery and between-point resets.
- Reporters note this is about timing and optics rather than cause, and the episode may increase scrutiny of young players’ support-team choices while leaving Mensik’s breakthrough run and recent rise in ranking intact.