pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hamad-medjedovic/m0jf/overview'Hamad Medjedovic/a moved one step closer to competing in the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a main draw for the first time on Tuesday. The champion of last yearrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a kept his hopes alive with a gutsy qualifying performance, rallying past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/oriol-roca-batalla/rb60/overview'Oriol Roca Batalla/a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the opening round./p
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Each time the 21-year-old has competed in a major, he has advanced through qualifying, a good omen for the Serbian who next faces a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/duje-ajdukovic/a0cj/overview'Duje Ajdukovic/a. Medjedovic qualified for a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a for the second consecutive year in May and also reached the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a main draw in 2023./p
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pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/abdullah-shelbayh/s0nv/overview'Abdullah Shelbayh/a advanced to the second round after his 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/brandon-holt/h09p/overview'Brandon Holt/a. The 20-year-old Jordanian, who last year competed in Jeddah and fell to Medjedovic in round-robin play, converted five of his six break points to defeat the 26-year-old Holt./p
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Shelbayh is seeking his first major main draw appearance. He reached the third round of qualifying at this yearrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a, where he beat Medjedovic in the penultimate round./p
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Third seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aslan-karatsev/kc56/overview'Aslan Karatsev/a raced past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/enzo-couacaud/cg94/overview'Enzo Couacaud/a 6-3, 6-1 after winning nine of 10 net points across his 57-minute victory. Karatsev was clinical from the baseline too, hitting 28 winners compared to his opponentrsquo;s six. /p
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Karatsev, who has twice reached the third round at Flushing Meadows (2021, 2023), is hoping to make his fourth consecutive appearance in the main draw./p
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Chinarsquo;s a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yunchaokete-bu/y09v/overview" target="_blank"Buyunchaokete/a defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yasutaka-uchiyama/u134/overview'Yasutaka Uchiyama/a 6-2, 7-6(4) while Pole a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maks-kasnikowski/k0hc/overview'Maks Kasnikowski/a overcame home hope a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/emilio-nava/n0am/overview'Emilio Nava/a 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.nbsp;Ajdukovic won the all-Croatian match against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dino-prizmic/p0hw/overview'Dino Prizmic/a 6-2, 6-4.nbsp;/ppa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nishesh-basavareddy/b0nn/overview'Nishesh Basavareddy/a, 19, led the American charge by outlasting a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ugo-blanchet/bv16/overview'Ugo Blanchet/a 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-4. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jj-wolf/w09g/overview'J.J. Wolf/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mitchell-krueger/kc12/overview'Mitchell Krueger/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/patrick-kypson/k0a3/overview'Patrick Kypson/a were among the other home hopes to advance./p
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