De Minaur suffers surprise early exit from Barcelona Open

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/medjedovic-hamad/nDcBkcu7/"]Medjedovic[/a], ranked 88th in the world, broke for a 5-3 lead in the first set which he served out to love.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-minaur-alex/EZgZ9Xfh/"]De Minaur[/a] broke and consolidated for a 3-0 advantage in the second set but the 22-year-old qualifier battled his way back, winning the last five games to secure two breaks and triumph.[/p][p]The Australian committed five double faults on a difficult afternoon and converted only one of nine break points.[/p][p]The 2023 Next Gen Finals champion will next face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/borges-nuno/hzbEPIOa/"]Nuno Borges[/a] after the Portuguese defeated [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/etcheverry-tomas-martin/AXL5qpKa/"]Tomas Martin Etcheverry[/a] 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) to progress to the last eight.[/p][embed guid="65ce74fd-2e20-4fd9-bbd9-14f43ed85e54" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzRg3GVVXVk" social-type="youtube" /][p]Later Wednesday, seventh seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/norrie-cameron/pvzhJGY8/"]Cameron Norrie[/a] faces [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/quinn-ethan/fDEtnFgg/"]Ethan Quinn[/a] and and rising Spanish star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jodar-rafael/OdngshVK/"]Rafael Jodar[/a] takes on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ugo-carabelli-camilo/KWdgY7Bq/"]Camilo Ugo Carabelli[/a].[/p][p]On Thursday, world number two [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Carlos Alcaraz[/a] is scheduled to take on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/machac-tomas/S44E7UYr/"]Tomas Machac[/a] in another round of 16 clash, but the Spaniard skipped training on Wednesday.[/p][p]Alcaraz, who lost the Monte Carlo Masters final to new world number one [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Jannik Sinner[/a] on Sunday, defeated [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/virtanen-otto/hnYnFaTm/"]Otto Virtanen[/a] on Tuesday in the first round.[/p][p]During that match, the top seed was treated for a problem with his wrist and forearm, which he said he hoped would not become a problem.[/p]