This was an increase in Mensik, which burst into the Top 100 in February 2024 by reaching the Qatar Open final.
In Miami, he beat three best Djokovic players, Jack Draper from Great Britain and American Taylor Fritz to raise the biggest title of his career, and managed the pressure on the occasion.
After a period of rain of five and a half hours before the final, settled in a pace was not easy, but Mensik adjusted faster than Djokovic.
He broke Djokovic at the first opportunity and his first service jumped while he rushed to a 4-1 advance.
Djokovic, on the other hand, had a difficult start. He fell twice, had to apply drops for the eyes after being disturbed by swelling under his right eye and used to use the sawdust to help him grab his racket in humidity.
However, its service has improved as the whole progressed and its set of setbacks in particular the Mensik troubles, which ultimately put the break.
An equal breakdown felt inevitable and Djokovic paid a bad start, although he saved two section points before Mensik made his way to the opener.
The match followed a model similar to their previous meeting in Shanghai last year, when Mensik took the first set on a circuit breaker before disappearing in the following two.
However, this time, he maintained the intensity. Mensik did not face a break in the second set and heat and humidity began to wreak havoc on Djokovic.
Building strongly and wiping his face on a towel between each point, Djokovic could only watch Mensik sent three excellent services in front of him to force an equality break, before the Serbian hit his thigh with his racket after dropping the opening point.
If the point was short, then it was Djokovic who came out in the lead. But Mensik dug in long rallies, sending Djokovic Darting to the back of the courtyard and finally set up three match points.
The first passed while Djokovic sent a superb return directly to the basic line, but Mensik provided an appropriate end with a large service to win the second.
He will now reach a 24th -row career summit in the world.
For Djokovic, the expectation of a first ATP title since 2023 continues, but there were signs that his particular service improved under the Andy Murray coach.
