The Serbian Hamad Medjedovic20 years old and number 110 in the world, defied predictions and, despite not having the title of favourite, defeated the main candidate, the French Arthur Fils (36th), and achieved victory in Next Gen ATP Finals. After the success of Novak Djokovic within Full Mastersanother Serbian also won the under-21 ‘masters’ tournament.
The Balkan player, without any success on the circuit, returned the predictions and won 3-4 (6), 4-1, 4-2, 3-4 (9) and 4-1 after two hours and a match quarter.
He was crowned Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), U-21 Tennis Masters scene. He surpassed Fils, a more frequent tennis player in tournaments, the only other participant in the event ranked in the top 50 in the world. As the undefeated champion, Medjedovic pocketed a prize of 470,000 euros.
The French, where the technical team works Catalan Sergi Brugueraalready has two ATP finals achieved in 2023. With success in Lyon and defeat at Antwerpwhere he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinals and lost against Kazakh Alexander Bublik.
The duel between the two undefeated players in the Finals ended with the side of Medjedovic, a student of Victor Troicki and in the semifinals in Gstaad and Astana as great references before winning in Jeddah and getting the biggest victory so far in his career.
Medjedovic became the sixth champion of the under-21 tournament after the American Brandon Nakashima (2022), the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (2021), the Italian Jannik Sinner (2019), the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (2018) and the South Korean Hyeon Chung (2017).
Source: La Verdad
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