The last of Under-21 Masters Tennis already has its stars battling it out this Saturday (6:00 pm) to add their name to a list of notable champions, among them Carlos Alcaraz: the French Arthur Fils19 years old, world number 36 and favorite for the title, the title will be played against the Serbian Hamad Medjedovic20 years old and 110th in the ranking.
Fils, where the technical team works Catalan Sergi Brugueratwo-time champion of Roland Garros (1993, 1994), he defeated his compatriot in the semifinals Luca Van Assche (70th) by 2-4, 4-1, 4-3 (1) and 4-3 (6), as Medjedovic advanced to the final match after being abandoned by the Swiss. Dominic Stricker (94th), who retired injured as he lost 4-3 (5) and 2-1.
Both Fils and Medjedovic reached the final with four victories, three in the group stage and the semifinals, putting them both in position to win the top prize of $514,000 reserved for the unbeaten champion of the tournament, about 470,000 euros .
The Next Gen ATP Finals of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) will crown this Saturday a new champion to add to a very distinguished list of winners: Hyeon Chung (2017), Stefanos Tsitsipas (2018), Jannik Sinner (2019), Carlos Alcaraz (2021) and Brandon Nakashima (2022) are the winners of the first five editions of the Masters of the young talents of the ATP circuit.
Source: La Verdad
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