Hamad Medjedovic outlasts Laslo Djere 6-2 3-6 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Belgrade on Friday after conquering a huge battle in what was an all-Serbian clash. Medjedovic will play against Denis Shapovalov in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Medjedovic added to his prize money € 27,435 after conquering this match. He has already won € 66,555 after this win. If he wins the next match, Medjedovic will add € 47,500 to his earnings to get in total € 114,055 in total.
Highlights Hamad Medjedovic vs. Laslo Djere Belgrade Open – Belgrade
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:27
At the end of the match, Medjedovic scored 107 points vs. Djere’s 98.
Medjedovic
Hamad won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Djere
On the other side, Laslo was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 10% – 1/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Medjedovic and Djere is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Hamad Medjedovic vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Medjedovic will take on Shapovalov in the final.
There is no head to head record between Hamad Medjedovic and Denis Shapovalov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Medjedovic in this set was too good for Laslo and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Djere in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Djere was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Medjedovic converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Djere wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They contested 69 points. Medjedovic was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Djere (40-29). Medjedovic dropped 5 points on serve (18-5). on the other side of the court, Djere conceded 22 points on serve (24-22).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Laslo conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Laslo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Djere didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Laslo won just 2 more points than Hamad (32-30). Djere lost 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Hamad conceded 16 points on serve (25-16).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Hamad had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Hamad won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Djere won a minibreak in the 4th (1-3) point.
Medjedovic won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Djere was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 74 points. This set was so close that, Hamad won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Hamad lost 11 points on serve (26-11). On the other side, Laslo conceded 11 points on serve (26-11).
Tennis Scores in Belgrade
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-2 6-1)
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Laslo DjereDjere (6-2 3-6 7-62)
