Hamad Medjedovic is still trying to prove himself on the ATP tour. He had one win over a top-10-ranked player heading into the 2026 Barcelona Open, but he has the skill set to have done much better by the time he was 22 years old. Maybe now that he has beaten the speedy Alex de Minaur, his career narrative will change.
To help the Serbian along in his quest to beat the ATP No. 7, de Minaur played the kind of tennis he rarely does. He normally plays efficiently, requiring his opponent to beat him rather than him beating himself. Not against Medjedovic.
To be fair to the Serbian, he was serving extremely well and able to chase down most of what de Minaur was able to drop on his side of the court. The issue for the Australian was that he kept missing shots. In the first set, which he dropped 3-6, de Minaur had only two winners, but 11 unforced errors. He normally has a much cleaner ratio.
Hamad Medjedovic stuns Alex de Minaur at the 2026 Barcelona Open
Even while sticking around in the second set, and even up a break until things completely fell apart again, the Aussie was playing brutal tennis. He would lose the second set 4-6, and a big reason was what he was doing instead of what Medjedovic was trying to accomplish.
De Minaur had five double faults in the second set and landed just 34 percent of his first serves. He also couldn't take advantage of break points when he had them. While Medjedovic had nine break points, de Minaur only converted on one of those.
Even worse, the Australian had 10 winners but 24 unforced errors. He seemed to make the net his best friend throughout the match in a way he has hardly done in the last few years on his rise to the top 10.
Next up for Hamad Medjedovic at the Barcelona Open is another player few expected to be in the quarterfinals, Nuno Borges. The Serbian has a good chance to move into the semifinals against Borges, assuming Medjedovic plays as well as he did against Alex de Minaur.
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