Learner Tien, the surprising 19 -year -old American player reached in the round of 16 after his feat against Daniil Medvedev in particular, saw his pretty fairy tale ending Lorenzo Sonego on Monday. The Italian imposed himself in four sets (6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1) against the young Californian who had never tasted the Grand Chelem victory before the tournament.
It was the beautiful story of this Australian Open. It is over. Learner Tien will go no further than the knockout stages. However, a feat for the 19 -year -old American, unknown to the general public, who had never won the slightest match in a Grand Chelem tournament before running the screen at the start of the year in Melbourne for his very first participation in the tournament.
Passed by the qualifications, the Californian dreamed of seeing his fairy tale continues still beyond the eighth finals that awaited him this Monday against Lorenzo Sonego. The Italian decided otherwise this Monday. Talker of the Swiss veteran Stan Wawrinka from the start before stopping the Brazilian nugget Joao Fonseca, another revelation of the first week with this feat against Andrey Rublev, then the Hungarian Maroszan, the 55th in the standings broke another dream. Winner in four sets of yours ((6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1), SONEGO continues its route.
Yours will integrate the top 100
The American of Vietnamese origin, for his part, is left to find the training grounds and dream of creating the sensation again, very quickly on other tournaments. His superb course in Australia, marked in particular by his victory in the 2nd round against Daniil Medvedev, will indeed allow the one who occupied the 121st place before putting his suitcases in Melbourne for the first time in his career to climb in the 80th place in the world and to integrate the top 100. Which will avoid the Corentin Moutet Tour in the 3rd Tour Grand Chelem tournaments.
Regarding SONEGO, 29 years old, he found himself for the first time in his career in the quarterfinals of a major, while Italy will have two representatives at this stage of the event in Melbourne for the first time since 2022. At the time, it was not SONEGO but Matteo BERRETTINI who had accompanied SINNER.
