Unforgiving Learner Tien outpaces Cobolli in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs Musetti at the China Open. HIGHLIGHTS – BEIJING RESULTS

Learner Tien blitzes Flavio Cobolli 6-3 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Beijing on Sunday after playing a fantastic match to fight against Lorenzo Musetti in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes.

Tien added to his prize money $ 51,295 after winning this match. He has already won $ 110,030 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tien will add $ 105,330 to his earnings to get in total $ 215,360 in total.

Highlights Learner Tien vs. Flavio Cobolli China Open – Beijing

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the American scored 63 points vs. Flavio’s 45.

Tien

Tien was pretty effective at converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9).

Cobolli

On the other side, the Italian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Tien and Cobolli is 1-0 for Learner.

Draw and next match H2H: Learner Tien vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats

Tien will play Musetti in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Lorenzo Musetti since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Tien had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Flavio Cobolli in the 2^nd game (2-0). However, there was more work to do for Tien to win the set as the Italian succeeded in breaking back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 7^th (2-5) game. The American kept his focus to break Flavio in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-3).

Tien failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

Learner converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4^th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6^th

game (4-1 15-40). Also, on the other side, Cobolli converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 3^rd (0-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 7^th game (1-5 30-40).

They played 65 points. Learner conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Italian (36-29). Tien conceded 14 points on serve (18-14). on the other side of the net, Cobolli conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).

The American in this set was much more effective than the Italian and without many problems he won 6-2

after breaking Cobolli in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Tien won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

The American was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40) and the 4^th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4^th game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 43 points. Tien conquered the set after winning 11 points more than the Italian (27-16). The American dropped 9 points on serve (18-9). In addition, on the other side, Cobolli conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-5 3-6 6-3)
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-3)
• Learner TienTien – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-2)
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-3 6-3)
• Jakub MensikMensik – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-3 2-6 6-4)
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-3 7-6⁵)
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 5-7 6-0)
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 3-6 7-6²)

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