Match Report
Medjedovic, Schwartzman advance to US Open important draw
Spizzirri defeats Fonseca in thriller
August 23, 2024
Peter Staples/ATP Tour
Hamad Medjedovic advances to the principle draw of the US Open.
By ATP Employees
Hamad Medjedovic, reigning champion on the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals offered by PIF, outlasted 19-year-old American Nishesh Basavareddy 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1 on Thursday to succeed in his first US Open important draw.
The Serbian additionally certified for Roland Garros earlier this yr. He misplaced within the first spherical of US Open qualifying in 2023.
Dwelling hope Eliot Spizzirri superior to his first main important draw when he survived #NextGenATP star Joao Fonseca 7-6(8), 6-7(5), 6-4. The American squandered 4 match factors within the second set, however rapidly rebounded and held his nerve in an exciting back-and-forth battle.
Spizzirri received 75 per cent of his first-serve factors as he defeated the Brazilian in two hours and 36 minutes.
The American let slip a 0/40 lead on Fonseca’s serve at 5-4 within the second set and once more held a match level later that recreation after Fonseca introduced it to deuce.
Spizzirri, a local of close by Greenwich, Connecticut, set free a sigh of aid and a loud roar after changing his sixth match level to shut out the match within the decider.
The 22-year-old completed as No. 1 within the ITA last singles rating in Could for the second consecutive yr. In 2023, the College of Texas graduate reached the third spherical of US Open qualifying.
Becoming a member of Spizzirri in the principle draw shall be Diego Schwartzman, who superior to his eleventh consecutive US Open important draw after his victory over #NextGenATP star Vilius Gaubas 6-4, 6-4. The 32-year-old Argentine transformed six of his 10 break level alternatives en path to defeating the Lithuanian, 13 years his junior.
The previous No. 8 within the PIF ATP Rankings is about to make his last Flushing Meadows look after saying earlier this yr that he’ll retire following the 2025 Argentina Open. Schwartzman reached the quarter-finals in New York in 2017 and 2019, falling to Pablo Carreno Busta and Rafael Nadal respectively.
One other tour-veteran, Radu Albot, secured victory by overcoming Shintaro Mochizuki 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to make his tenth main-draw look at Flushing Meadows. Albot will face Novak Djokovic within the opening spherical. Canadian Gabriel Diallo battled previous Frenchman Valentin Royer 7-6(3), 6-4.
Jan Choinski saved three match factors to flee American Maxime Cressy 6-0, 6-7(5), 7-6(10). Australian Li Tu tallied 4 consecutive video games from 3-5 within the last set to outlive Jesper de Jong 3-6, 6-1, 7-5. Tu faces Carlos Alcaraz within the first spherical.
Timofey Skatov, Hugo Grenier, Mitchell Krueger, Mattia Bellucci, Buyunchaokete, Quentin Halys, Maks Kasnikowski, Kyrian Jacquet and Otto Virtanen additionally certified.
