Learner Tien aces Ugo Blanchet 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Metz on Monday. Tien will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes.
Tien added to his prize money € 4,070 after winning this match. He has already won € 10,460 after this win. If he wins the next match, Learner will add € 7,555 to his earnings to get in total € 18,015 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Learner scored 67 points vs. the French player’s 41.
Tien
The American served very well to win 93% of the points (25/27) behind his first serve, and he won 79% points (11/14) on his second serve. Learner won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Blanchet
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Tien and Blanchet is 1-0
for Learner.Draw and next match H2H: Learner Tien vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Tien will take on Medvedev in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Learner Tien and Daniil Medvedev square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Tien (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Medvedev won 7-66 6-71 6-4 in the 4th round in Shanghai back in October 2025.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the American snatched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Tien missed the opportunity to break Blanchet in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Blanchet was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Learner converted 10% of his break points (1/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tien didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 67 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 17 more points than the French player (42-25). Tien was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (20-2
). In addition, on the other side, Ugo conceded 22 points on serve (23-22).Tien had a strong start of this set after breaking Ugo Blanchet in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was sufficient for Learner to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Learner didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 41 points. Tien was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Ugo (25-16). Tien was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, the French player conceded 9 points on serve (13-9).
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- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-610 6-3)
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 7-64)
- Hugo GastonGaston – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 6-1)
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