Serbia’s Medjedovic wins Next Gen ATP title

Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic became the sixth winner of the Next Gen ATP Finals after a five-set win over France’s Arthur Fils. The 20-year-old world number 111 recovered from letting two match points slip in the fourth set before winning 3-4(6-8) 4-1 4-2 3-4(9-11) 4-1.

The tournament is the season-ending event for the top-ranked male players aged 21 and under. The event has a best-of-five format with four games winning a set.

Former champions include current top 10 players Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

This season, Medjedovic reached tour-level semi-finals in Gstaad and Astana and won three ATP Challenger Tour events.

He is the lowest-ranked champion in tournament history but converted his third match point to get past his 19-year-old opponent, ranked 36 in the world.

“I can’t believe I have won this title but it’s going to give me a lot of confidence for 2024,” he said.

“Arthur is an amazing player – he’s top 40 for a reason – so I’m really happy.

“It was tough after the first set. I changed my clothes and recovered and started to play good again. I didn’t play good when I had match points in the fourth set. I wasn’t relaxed, I was very stiff. BBC

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