Medjedovic is a up and coming player from Serbia that has a challenge ahead of him today at the ATP 500 Barcelona Open. Hamad will square off for the first time ever with the Norwegian Casper Ruud. Casper is one of the best there is out there on the surface of clay.
Hamad Medjedovic from Serbia is 21 years of age and has made some noise on the tour already. Hamad did not had the biggest means growing up so Novak Djokovic stepped in and helped him and his family financially in his younger days. Medjedovic qualified for the ATP 500 Barcelona Open and he got the better of Mpetshi Perricard in the opening round of the event. Hamad, ranked at the 72nd spot in the world, won in two close sets.
The match finished 7-5, 7-6 (6) and it took one hour and 45 minutes. Hamad;s second serve was working very well compared to Perricard’s. Medjedovic won 80% of the points on his second serve compared to 46% for his opponent. He faced two breakpoints and saved them both. Medjedovic was effective at the net where he won nine out of eleven points. Hamad won 54% of the points in the match. He had 42 winners and 20 unforced errors. Perricard had 25-22. Just as Novak, Hamad never gives up. He's a fighter on the court.
Hamad’s match record this season is at seven wins and three lost matches. A good start to 2025 for him without a doubt. Medjedovic started out the year by playing some challengers. His first entry of the main tour was at Marseille and Hamad was able to reach the final which he lost to Humpert in straight sets. He reached the second round in Doha after beating Tsitsipas in the opening round. Medjedovic list in the opening round at the Miami Masters and did not succeed in qualifying for the Rolex Masters in Monte Carlo the past week.
It took the Oslo native one hour and 33 minutes to defeat Diego Galan in straight sets. The match ended 6-4, 6-3 and it was a one sided encounter in all honesty. Yet again the second serve was a key factor in this matchup. Ruud won 76% of the points on his second serve and Galan 45%. Ruud served well and Galan did not have a single breakpoint while Caspoer had seven and took advantage of two. Ruud went to the net on ten occasions and was successful in nine of them. In total Casper won 56% of the points played in the match.
The Norwegian is one of the best on clay in the world. Ruud has won 12 titles on the tour and all of them have been on clay. It says a lot. Casper is the second seed in Barcelona after Carlos Alcaraz. The world number ten has won 14 and lost five matches so far in the 2025 season. The 26 year old got to the second round at the Australian Open (lost to Mensik). Ruud got to the final in Dallas but lost it to Denis Shapovalov. Casper went out in the second round at the ATP 500 Acapulco. Just as he did in Indian Wells. Ruud got to the round of 16 at the Miami Masters. Casper was not at his best last week in Monte Carlo. He lost in the round of 16 to Popyrin.
