De Minaur's Clay Struggles Continue in Barcelona

0:00Alex Domenar hit another snag in his up-and-down season, dropping a straight-sets loss in the last 16 at the Barcelona Open. Australia's top player and World Number 7 went down, 6463 to World Number 88, Hamad Majedovic in 1 hour and 35 minutes. Carlos Alcarez, the top seed, pulled out earlier with a wrist injury after his first round win, handing Domenore a golden opening on clay. But the Aussie 3rd seed couldn't capitalize and fizzled out against the young Serb. Domenore showed real frustration, especially in the second set when he blew a breakpoint at 4-3 and got stung by a bad umpire call and… review. He landed just 36% of first serves and racked up 25 unforced heirs, converting only one of nine break chances. This comes after a shaky stretch since his Rotterdam title in February, early knockouts in Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami, but he bounced back with. Quarter finals in Monte Carlo last week, Majedovic grabbed his biggest career win yet, storming to his first ATP 500 quarter final by reeling off the last three games.

1:08Domenore will look to shake this off as Clay heats up. From your city, powered by AI, this is Sydney News Today.