Learner Tien launches the 2025 pitch season by attending Stuttgart Open. This is the ATP 250 item, held in Germany. The tournament has the presence of many top players and will be a quality momentum for players before the third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon.
In the opening match, Tien was somewhat lucky to not have to spend too much effort. When the score was 1-1 after 2 sets, his opponent, Yoshihito Nishioka (class 78 in the world) suddenly gave up from injury. This means that the Vietnamese -original player is the one who won tickets to the quarterfinals.
Here, Tien's opponent is Brandon Nakashima – Seed No. 6 of the tournament. Entering Set 1, Tien surprised when playing fairly with his seniors. In Game 6, the 19-year-old player successfully saved 3 break-point and kept the game to the 12 game.
At this time, the set must solve the victory on the tie-break series. The posture was still full of tense when the two players follow each other. However, Nakashima is still more brave with 2 mini breaks to win with a score of 7-5.
Following the winning momentum, the No. 6 seed owned the game completely in set 2. He had 2 times to win the break in 2 games 1 and 9, while Tien could not take advantage of his opportunity. Set closed with a 6-3 victory in favor of Nakashima.
With this result, Tien must stop in the second round of men. Meanwhile, Nakashima won tickets to the quarterfinals and will encounter the No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev.
