Learner Tien stuns Daniil Medvedev 6-3 7-6(4) 6-7(8) 1-6 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Tien will square off with Corentin Moutet in the 3rd round.
Tien added to his prize money $ 90,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Learner will add $ 130,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.
Highlights Learner Tien vs. Daniil Medvedev Australian Open – Melbourne
Tien’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1-6 7-67
4h:48
After this contest, the head to head between Tien and Medvedev is 1-0 for Learner.
Draw and next match H2H: Learner Tien vs. Corentin Moutet – stats
Tien will face Moutet in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Corentin Moutet since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Learner conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Learner broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
The Russian was powerless in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-3 to 6-3.
They played 72 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Learner won just 2 points more than Daniil (37-35). Learner conceded 14 points on serve (22-14). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
Tien overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the American managed to stage a good comeback to break Daniil 4 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-6).
Tien failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
They played 82 points. The American won 6 points more than Daniil (44-38). Tien dropped 28 points on serve (27-28). In addition, on the other side, Daniil conceded 17 points on serve (10-17).
Daniil won the set after he broke the American in the 7th (4-3) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Yet, Daniil stayed solid to conquer the set 7-6.
Daniil was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tien was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 88 points. Medvedev was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the American (47-41). Medvedev lost 19 points on serve (35-19). On the losing side, Tien conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).
Tien came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Medvedev reinforced his lead after breaking the American in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Certainly, a key moment was when Medvedev won 4 consecutive games in the 4th set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Medvedev was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (5-0 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. Daniil was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Tien (32-21). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, Learner conceded 20 points on serve (18-20).
The 5th set random the decider was a thriller.
Learner won the set after he broke Daniil in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Medvedev tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (5-6) game. However, Learner didn’t blink to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 7.
Tiebreak
Tien won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 11th (5-6), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 17th (10-7) point. On the other side, the Russian won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 9th (5-4) and 13th (7-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7, 10-7
Learner was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40). Learner saved 4 set points when he was 4-5, 4-6, 5-6 and 6-7 down. Moreover, on the other side, the Russian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40).
They played 77 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the American won just 1 point more than Daniil (39-38). Learner conceded 15 points on serve (21-15). on the other side of the court, Daniil conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).
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