Learner Tien won the top 10 opponent

Back to the hard yard after the soil and the grass failed, the Learn Tien surprised when defeating Andray Rubleev both sets. Tien won four in five matches against the top 10 rivals this year, when defending Daniil Medvedev in Australia expanded, Alexander Zverev in Acapulco, Ben Shelton in Mallorca and Andray Rublev in Washington.

Tien creates a balanced battle with RubleV at the first set thanks to the solid gameplay after the Baseline line. Set of dramatic match in the last games, when Tien saved three set-point in game 10, then won the game to support the next ball. The 19-year-old tennis player ended with an overwhelming game, when Rublev was still psychologically affected because the three set-point missed.

The Russian tennis player continued to lose the beat in the first game of Set Ba, when losing white even though he held the ball. This advantage is maintained by Tien to the end of the set, before repeating the first set of set by saving three consecutive break-point. Wasting the opportunity is the biggest problem of RubleV this match and that comes from the fact that he always wants to attack definitely. Two of the three times missed RubleV's break-point came from self-damage.

In the last game, RubleV tried to save two match-point, but not enough for him to avoid defeat 2-6. Tien's opponent in the third round is another veteran player, Seed No. 12 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. If winning, the American player will fight the number one seed Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals.

continue to go in the third round, there are Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Daniil Medvedev and Alex De Minaur. Of these, Tiafoe is expected to face many difficulties when the Italian talent is on Flavio Cobolli - who has just reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon and lost to Novak Djokovic.

Washington is the traditional ATP 500 event born in 1969. Excellent American rackets and lower group players. Jannik Sinner won the championship here in 2021, before reaching the number one world. Last year, Sebastian Korda defeated Cobolli in the final to win the championship. However, the American tennis player is absent this year due to injury.

Tien was born on December 2, 2005 in the US, with parents who are Vietnamese. Since his professionalism, he won three Challenger titles, four times in Grand Slam, once reached the quarterfinals of ATP 250. In the previous three Grand Slam, Tien lost in the first round, in the US expansion 2022, 2023 and 2024.