MELBOURNE, Australia—Learner Tien, a 19-year-old qualifier from California, became the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open’s third round since Pete Sampras in 1990, upsetting a racket-tossing Daniil Medvedev, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 1-6, 7-6 (10-7), in a match that began Thursday night and ended in the wee hours of Friday.
, 6-3, 7-6 , 6-7 , 1-6, 7-6 , in a match that began Thursday night and ended in the wee hours of Friday.
“Belief is a big thing in succeeding and winning, in general. I always go on the court believing that there’s a chance I can win,” said Tien, who showed up at his news conference toting a white cardboard box with a pepperoni pizza. “I wasn’t trying to think of the match as anything more important than any other match I’ve ever played. I was just going to go out there, have fun, see what I could do.
Tien is ranked 121st and owned a career Grand Slam record of 0-3 before this week and Medvedev was seeded No. 5, won “I don’t know if my parents are still watching…. I love you guys. Thank you for always supporting me from across the world,” Tien said. “I know you guys wish you could be here. I wish you could be here, too.”
Medvedev was penalized a point in that set while showing the same sorts of signs of frustration that led him to destroy After getting broken to trail 4-3 in the second set when Tien delivered a lob that landed at a baseline—not the only time he did that to his 6-foot-6 foe—Medvedev chucked his equipment toward the sideline, skidding it across the court until it reached an advertising panel near his bench.
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