After Mexican Open, the style of the Learner is at an alarming level. In the last 6 tournaments, Vietnamese -original players were eliminated in the first round.
This week, Tien was in Italy to attend Rome Masters. This is the fifth Masters 1000 in the year, playing on the ground. The 19 -year -old player received a special capacity and did not have to compete in the qualifying round.
In the match, Tien's opponent was Reilly Opelka. With a height of 2m11, Opelka has extremely quality serve phases, making the opponent many difficulties. In set 1, he is the one who won the break early in the first game.
However, Tien still retains calm to neutralize the attacks of compatriot tennis players. The turning point came in the 8th game when the Vietnamese star reclaimed the break successfully to balance the score 4-4. When the game 10 decided, he won the Break for the second time, thereby closing set 1 with a score of 6-4.
Sang 2, the game was still dramatic when each player had 1 break and made the opponent struggled to protect his gaming game. The drawing ratio is kept until the end of the set, causing the two players to enter a series of tie-breaks.
Here, Tien played well when there was a time to lead to 5-0 and 5-2, then let Opelka equal. Two players have tense tat and tender food phase. They saved a total of 8 set points before the end of the match with a back -handed pitch in the Rally series with 20 racquets. The last tie-break ratio is 13-11 tilted and Vietnamese original players.
This result has helped Tien win tickets to the second round of Rome Masters this year. He will encounter a 19 -year -old Czech player – Tomas Machac to compete in the third round.
