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🧠 Form & Context
Hamad Medjedovic
- 🔥 Breakout trajectory: cracked the top 70; Marseille finalist with a win over Medvedev.
- 📈 2025 ledger: 24–13 overall; superb indoors (11–2) but still settling on hard (4–3).
- 💥 Shotmaker mode: big serve, heavy first strike; shot selection can wobble in long rallies.
- ⚠️ Fitness watch: retired at Wimbledon; hamstring niggles earlier this year mean back-to-backs are a question.
- ✅ Recent form: handled Rinderknech in R1; pushed Alcaraz 6–4, 6–4 in Cincinnati.
Jacob Fearnley
- 🎓 College-to-tour surge: ex-TCU standout who fast-tracked into the top 60.
- 📉 Patchy summer: early exits in Toronto/Cincinnati; retired vs McCabe in Sumter (fitness question marks).
- 🌱 Momentum markers: RG R3 (d. Wawrinka, Humbert) and Queen’s Club QF.
- ⚖️ Strengths: reliable serve, sturdy backhand, good under-pressure rally tolerance; lacks Medjedovic’s raw pop.
- 🚑 Recent concern: retirement last week suggests he may not be at 100%.
🔍 Match Breakdown
Blueprints: Medjedovic wants first-strike, short-point tennis; Fearnley thrives making it physical and tidy, stretching patterns and forcing shot-selection errors.
Surface lens: Hard courts amplify Medjedovic’s serve-forehand combos; Fearnley’s steadiness tests him if exchanges lengthen.
Volatility meter: Both have recent fitness flags — expect momentum swings tied to serve percentage and physical dips.
🔮 Prediction
Ceiling vs stability. If Medjedovic stays healthy and lands a high first-serve clip, he should control the scoreboard. Fearnley’s path is to drag rallies long and probe the Serb’s legs — especially late in sets.
Pick: Medjedovic in two tight sets (7–6, 6–4). Upset live only if Fearnley turns it into a grind and Hamad’s physical level dips.
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