Winston-Salem
#NextGenATP Tien continues dream ATP debut, ousts Marozsan in Winston-Salem
Fellow #NextGenATP Michelsen additionally advances
August 21, 2024
Eric Roth/Winston-Salem Open
Learner Tien defeats Fabian Maroszan in a final-set tie-break on Tuesday in Winston-Salem.
By ATP Employees
#NextGenATP American Learner Tien had by no means competed in an ATP Tour principal draw coming into the week. Now the 18-year-old is into the third spherical of the Winston-Salem Open.
The teenager shocked ninth seed Fabian Maroszan 6-2, 6-7(1), 7-6(2) in two hours and 9 minutes to advance on the ATP 250 occasion. The lefty rallied from a break down within the deciding set, took a 5-3 lead after which surged to victory within the tie-break regardless of failing to serve out the match.
Tien has performed the previous two principal attracts of the US Open and can compete within the season’s remaining main once more subsequent week. However for now, he’s targeted on the duty at hand in North Carolina.
This yr’s Bloomfield Hills ATP Challenger Tour champion transformed six of his 14 break factors based on Infosys ATP Stats to earn his fourth win of the event together with qualifying. He’ll subsequent play Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild, who ousted eighth seed Nuno Borges 7-6(2), 6-2.
Tien is ninth within the PIF ATP Reside Race To Jeddah. He may soar as excessive as fifth if he wins the title this week in Winston-Salem.
The Californian’s buddy and fellow #NextGenATP star, Alex Michelsen, additionally superior with a 7-6(3), 6-4 triumph in opposition to Marton Fucsovics.
Michelsen is pursuing his first ATP Tour title this week. The 19-year-old reached a remaining final month in Newport and final week pushed World No. 1 Jannik Sinner in a decent two-setter.
The third-placed participant within the Reside Race To Jeddah, Shang Juncheng, earned a 7-5, 6-3 victory over seventh seed Mariano Navone. The 19-year-old from China then withdrew resulting from a decrease again harm after his triumph, so tenth seed Lorenzo Sonego, who eradicated Dominic Stricker 6-4, 6-1, superior to the quarter-finals.
American wild card Christopher Eubanks eased into the third spherical with a 6-1, 6-4 win in opposition to 14th seed Hugo Gaston. Final yr’s Mallorca champion gained 88 per cent of his first-serve factors in his first Lexus ATP Head2Head assembly with the Frenchman.