Learner Tien surprises Francisco Cerundolo 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Beijing on Friday. Tien will face Flavio Cobolli in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Learner added to his prize money $ 27,415 after winning this match. He has already won $ 58,735 after this win. If he wins the next match, Learner will add $ 51,295 to his earnings to get in total $ 110,030 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tien scored 94 points vs. the Argentine’s 88.
Tien
Learner was sharp when converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8).
Cerundolo
On the other side, Cerundolo didn’t lose the concentration in converting 57% of the break points that he procured points (4/7). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Tien and Cerundolo is 1-0 for Learner.
Draw and next match H2H: Learner Tien vs. Flavio Cobolli – stats
Tien will take on Cobolli in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Flavio Cobolli since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Tien conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the Argentine managed to stage a great comeback to break Tien in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Learner was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-4 to 6-4.
The Argentine was flawless in converting all his break points in the 7th (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-4 0-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, Learner was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (3-1 15-40).
They contested 62 points. Francisco was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the American (34-28). Francisco conceded 11 points on serve (18-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Learner conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Learner conquered in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Francisco surrendered the 4th game (3-1) when he was 40-0 up.
Tien converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4
break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-1 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Learner didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They played 55 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the Argentine (33-22). Learner dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). On the losing side, the Argentine conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Tien had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd
game (2-0). Yet, Learner found the way to come back to break Francisco in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).Learner converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Francisco converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 5th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 65 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Tien won just 1 point more than Francisco (33-32). Learner surrendered 14 points on serve (20-14). On the other side, Cerundolo conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Tennis Scores in Beijing
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- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-2)
- Learner TienTien – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (4-6 6-3 6-4)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – David GoffinGoffin (6-4 3-6 6-4)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-5 6-4)
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Juncheng ShangShang (0-6 7-65 7-5)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-63 6-74 6-4)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-4 7-5)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Andrey RublevRublev (7-63 6-3)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 6-3)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-4 6-0)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Marin CilicCilic (6-2 6-2)
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 7-65 6-4)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Benjamin BonziBonzi (7-61 6-3)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-1 6-3)
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-2)
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