<p>Czech teenager Jakub Mensik sent three-time Grand Slam finalist Casper Ruud tumbling out of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/australian-open-rohan-bopanna-crashes-out-of-the-opening-round-23464937" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Australian Open</strong></a> on Wednesday and then warned: &ldquo;New blood is coming.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>The Norwegian sixth seed had no answers to the power and intensity of the 19-year-old as he became the highest men&rsquo;s seed to fall.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Mensik stormed home 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 for the biggest win of his fast-burgeoning career, with Ruud falling victim to another of tennis&rsquo;s up-and-coming young brigade challenging the established order.&nbsp;</p>
<p>NextGen winner Joao Fonseca, 18, beat ninth seed Andrey Rublev on Tuesday. It is the first time that two teenagers have beaten top-10 players at a major since 2006, when Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray achieved the feat at Wimbledon.&nbsp;</p>
<p>A third teenager, American Learner Tien, 19, faces fifth seed Daniil Medvedev on Thursday. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s great that there is new blood always. We can see that tennis is moving on,&rdquo; said Mensik, ranked 48.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We can see different or new names in the tournaments. For the fans, for tennis, for everything, it&rsquo;s really great. New blood is coming!&rdquo; he added.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Fonseca was the youngest winner of the NextGen tournament since current world number one Jannik Sinner claimed the title, also aged 18, five years ago.</p>
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