Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic acquired the higher of USA’s Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the round-of-16 at the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger on February 22, 2023.
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Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic battled by a tricky three-setter to overcome the United States’ Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 and enter the quarterfinals of the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger 100, at the KSLTA courts, right here on Wednesday.
Medjedovic, 19, secured a important draw place solely as a result of Frenchman and former top-10 participant Lucas Pouille didn’t enter. But with two scientific wins, the Serb, who was handpicked by Novak Djokovic to practice at his middle, has capitalised effectively.
Against De Alboran, who completed runner-up in the Chennai Challenger last week, Medjedovic saved six of eight break-points and took three of the 4 on his opponent’s serve. With practically each different statistic comparable, this finally proved the distinction.
In doubles, India’s Sumit Nagal and Mukund Sasikumar pulled out forward of their opening match. Nagal, who struggled bodily in his singles tie on Tuesday, is due to face Australian Max Purcell, the winner in Chennai last week, on Thursday.
Other outcomes: Chun-hsin Tseng (Tpe) bt Yu Hsiou Hsu (Tpe) 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(4); Harold Mayot (Fra) bt Ryan Peniston (GBR) 7-6(5), 6-0; James McCabe (Aus) bt Marc Polmans (Aus) 7-5, 7-5.
Doubles: Anirudh Chandrasekar & N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt S.D. Prajwal Dev & Parikshit Somani 7-5, 6-2; Arjun Khade & Maximilian Neuchrist (Aut) bt Petr Nouza & Andrew Paulson (Cze) 7-6 (5), 6-4; Francesco Maestrelli (Ita) & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Colin Sinclair & Miljan Zekic (Srb) 6-2, 7-6(4); Yunseong Chung (Kor) & Yu Hsiou Hsu (Tpe) bt Purav Raja & Divij Sharan 6-4, 6-4.
