In a stunning upset at the Australian Open, American Learner Tien defeated world number five Daniil Medvedev in a five-set marathon. Tien, ranked 121, persevered for over four hours to claim the victory and advance to the next round.
The United States' Learner Tien celebrated victory against Russia's Daniil Medvedev during their men's singles match on day five of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Thursday. The American, ranked 121 in the world, stunned the world number five 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (8/10), 1-6, 7-6 (10/7) in a nail-biting encounter and faces France's Corentin Moutet in the next round.
With the clock ticking towards 3:00 am, the left-handed Californian Tien soaked up the applause at Margaret Court Arena after the biggest win of his young career. The pair battled for a grueling four hours and 48 minutes of seesawing action, punctuated near its climax by a short rain break. 'Honestly in the fourth set, I just had to pee so bad... I was just trying to finish it up fairly quick,' Tien said with a laugh. Tien had defeated Argentina's Camilo Ugo Carabelli in five sets in the first round for his maiden victory at a Grand Slam at the fourth attempt. It was a meek exit for Russia's former world number one Medvedev, who has lost three of the last four finals at Melbourne Park, including to Jannik Sinner in 2024. The 28-year-old Medvedev needed five sets to beat the 418th-ranked Kasidit Samrej on Tuesday in his first match of the season, smashing his racquet and a net camera in a rage at one point. He started more serenely against Tien but errors crept into his play, and Tien shook off any early nerves by clinching the first set in 47 minutes. Tien showed his mettle and his pedigree in the eighth game by prevailing in one grueling 32-shot rally. The 2021 US Open champion Medvedev and Tien went to a second-set tie break, where the Russian was left exasperated by a double foot fault on his way to losing the set. The third set again went to a tie break, where Medvedev pulled out an ace under excruciating pressure to save match point and then clinched the set at the third time of asking to come back from the brink.But from somewhere he located some extra reserves of energy, and the duo exchanged breaks early in the fifth set. There was still time for another twist at 5-5 and 15-all on Tien's serve when a shower came, briefly holding up proceedings. They exchanged breaks of serve to go into a 10-point tie break, where there was again nothing between them until Tien finally sealed the deal. He was defeated by fellow teenage prospect Joao Fonseca — who stunned ninth seed Andrey Rublev in round one in Melbourne — in last month's NextGen final for up-and-coming players
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