Daniil Medvedev suffered a bruising loss within the fourth spherical of the Australian Open.
Daniil Medvedev suffered a one-sided defeat to Learner Tien (Picture: Getty)
Daniil Medvedev has addressed his bruising exit from the Australian Open after shedding 11 consecutive video games in the midst of his fourth-round defeat to Learner Tien. The American additionally beat Medvedev right here final 12 months when he was an adolescent qualifier ranked outdoors the highest 100. That second-round encounter was a gruelling five-setter that completed at 3am. However this 12 months’s rematch was a way more one-sided affair as Tien, now again because the No. 25 seed, clinched a simple 6-4 6-0 6-3 victory.
The 20-year-old closed out the primary set, bagelled Medvedev within the second, after which led 4-0 within the third earlier than the three-time finalist right here fought again. Throughout Tien’s mid-match sizzling streak, Medvedev seemed flustered as he shrugged at his field, as if there was nothing he may do.
And the previous world No. 1 has now defined how he managed to finish Tien’s run of 11 straight video games and string collectively three in a row himself. “I used to be simply making an attempt to win another. The one I gained was not straightforward. I do not know if he had a breakpoint, however for positive, it was a few deuce factors,” Medvedev mentioned.
“I imply, I used to be making an attempt to determine what can I do to type of disturb his stage that he had at this second. I do need to say I suppose I did one thing, as a result of it turned 4-3, and I even felt like, you realize what, 4-3, it is small probability. Then, nicely, there was not an enormous probability lastly.
“That is how I’m irrespective of the rating. I attempt to win one recreation at first, possibly another after. The matches can flip a bit extra most likely in girls’s tennis, however in males’s tennis as nicely we noticed some loopy issues. So I simply attempt to say to myself, like, until the final level, attempt to battle. Then the final level was not for me this time.”
Medvedev knew just about nothing about Tien once they met within the second spherical right here final 12 months. However they performed two extra thrilling matches later within the season. The Russian retired within the third set of their Beijing conflict whereas cramping so badly he may barely stroll, after which beat Tien days later on the Shanghai Masters.
Their rivalry was dubbed among the best of 2025 by the ATP Tour web site, and Medvedev speaks extremely of his younger rival. However even he was stunned by the extent the 20-year-old delivered to the court docket on Sunday.
Though he bowed out within the fourth spherical, Medvedev continues to be taking the positives from his time in Melbourne – and a optimistic few months on the tour. He added: “I feel I ought to focus extra typically. If we take final, like, possibly eight tournaments, for instance ranging from US Open, so I do not know if it is, like, eight, 9, I performed nice.
“I beat lots of gamers. I performed nice towards some high gamers. Generally, I used to be going far within the outcomes. Even right here, I gained two very powerful matches towards opponents who performed nicely, [Quentin] Halys and Fabian [Marozsan]. So I ought to attempt to not give attention to this precise match, which was not good, as a result of, I imply, he outplayed me, in order that’s not a superb feeling. However I ought to focus extra on the overall image and simply proceed working the best way I did for the final tournaments.”
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