Learner Tien has just closed the fallen ground season. The Vietnamese -original player is constantly eliminated in the first round in tournaments like Madrid Open, Geneva Open or the latest Roland Garros. In Paris, he lost to Alexander Zverev, who was defeated by him in Mexican Open in February.
This week, the grass season has officially started. Currently, Tien is in Germany to attend Stuttgart Open – the tournament of ATP 250. In the opening match, he had just encountered Japanese opponent Yoshihito Nishioka – class 78 in the world.
Entering Set 1, Tien faced 1 break-point right in game 3, but successfully neutralized. The American tennis player then won the break first in Game 6 to lead 4-2. However, Nishioka also quickly reclaimed reclaiming the ball game, thereby bringing the set back to the starting line.
Coming to game 12, the two players mixed 6-6 and had to enter the tie-break series of brain weight. Here, Nishioka played excellently with 2 mini breaks. The Japanese star wins easily 7-3 and leads 1 set.
Set Set 2, the game is still very balanced. During 12 games, the two players successfully broke the opponent's serve game and once again solved the victory and lost on the tie-break series. This time, Tien turned the flag when there were 2 mini-breaks and won 7-3.
Before Set 3 took place, Nishioka was suddenly injured and asked to retreat. This means that Tien won tickets to the second round of Stuttgart Open. His next opponent is compatriot Brandon Nakashima.
