Match Report
Medjedovic, Schwartzman advance to US Open most important draw
Spizzirri defeats Fonseca in thriller
August 23, 2024
Peter Staples/ATP Tour
Hamad Medjedovic advances to the primary draw of the US Open.
By ATP Workers
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 most important draw.
The Serbian additionally certified for Roland Garros earlier this yr. He misplaced within the first spherical of US Open qualifying in 2023.
House hope Eliot Spizzirri superior to his first main most 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 shortly rebounded and held his nerve in an exhilarating 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 sport after Fonseca introduced it to deuce.
Spizzirri, a local of close by Greenwich, Connecticut, let loose 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 remaining singles rating in Might 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 primary draw can be Diego Schwartzman, who superior to his eleventh consecutive US Open most 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 ready to make his remaining Flushing Meadows look after asserting 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 remaining 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.
