Novak Djokovic’s Protege Hamad Medjedovic Stuns Daniil Medvedev, Enters Marseille Open Final

Hamad Medjedovic, a protege of Serbian compatriot Novak Djokovic, shocked former world primary Daniil Medvedev to succeed in the Marseille Open ATP last on Saturday. The 96th-ranked Medjedovic swept previous the highest seeded Russian 6-3, 6-2, recording his first prime 10 win. “I think I played one of my best matches of the week,” mentioned 21-year-old Medjedovic who shall be taking part in in his second profession last when he tackles champion Ugo Humbert of France on Sunday. “I am really happy. I delivered on my tactics, had a great performance and I am really happy to be through.”

Medjedovic’s early profession was funded by Djokovic with the 24-time Grand Slam title winner protecting his bills for travelling and training.

For world quantity eight Medvedev it was one other sobering day in a season after dropping to American Learner Tien within the second spherical of the Australian Open adopted by one other early exit in Rotterdam to Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci.

Humbert noticed off Belgium’s Zizou Bergs 6-4, 6-4 in his semi-final.

“It is not easy to achieve back-to-back finals. I won last year so it is a different pressure. I am in the final again and super proud,” mentioned Humbert.

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