US Open
Reigning #NextGenATP champ Medjedovic advances in US Open qualifying
Third seed Karatsev into second spherical
August 20, 2024
Peter Staples/ATP Tour
Hamad Medjedovic is World No. 137 within the PIF ATP Rankings (File picture).
By ATP Workers
Hamad Medjedovic moved one step nearer to competing within the US Open most important draw for the primary time on Tuesday. The champion of final 12 months’s Subsequent Gen ATP Finals offered by PIF stored his hopes alive with a gutsy qualifying efficiency, rallying previous Oriol Roca Batalla 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 within the opening spherical.
Every time the 21-year-old has competed in a significant, he has superior via qualifying, a great omen for the Serbian who subsequent faces the winner of the all-Croatian battle between Duje Ajdukovic and Dino Prizmic. Medjedovic certified for Roland Garros for the second consecutive 12 months in Could and likewise reached the Wimbledon most important attract 2023.
Abdullah Shelbayh additionally superior to the second spherical after his 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory towards Brandon Holt. The 20-year-old Jordanian, who final 12 months competed in Jeddah and fell to Medjedovic in round-robin play, transformed 5 of his six break factors to defeat the 26-year-old Holt.
Shelbayh is searching for his first main most important draw look. He reached the third spherical of qualifying at this 12 months’s Australian Open, the place he beat Medjedovic within the penultimate spherical.
Third seed Aslan Karatsev raced previous Enzo Couacaud 6-3, 6-1 after profitable 9 of 10 internet factors throughout his 57-minute victory. Karatsev was medical from the baseline too, hitting 28 winners in comparison with his opponent’s six.
Karatsev, who has twice reached the third spherical at Flushing Meadows (2021, 2023), is hoping to make his fourth consecutive look in the primary draw.
China’s Buyunchaokete defeated Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2, 7-6(4) whereas Pole Maks Kasnikowski overcame residence hope Emilio Nava 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.
