Last week, Learner Tien caused great disappointment when it was impossible to pass the Halle Open qualifier. The Vietnamese -original player is ranked No. 3 in the qualifying round, but lost to Nicolas Jarry quickly after 2 sets.
However, coming to Mallorca Open this week, Tien has completely transformed. In the second round, the young American star surprised Ben Shelton. This is a 10 -ATP ranked player, also the No. 1 seed of the tournament.
This victory put Tien in the quarterfinals. Here, his opponent Corentin Moutet is currently ranked 83 in the world. This is a player who is also in high form and has just defeated Taylpr Fritz at Queen's Club last week.
Entering Set 1, Moutet completely owned the game. The French star won 2 breaks in games 4 and 8, and did not face any break-point. He closed set 1 with a light 6-2 victory.
Set Set 2, the game became much more attractive. Tien played efforts and won the break soon in game 3. However, young Americans did not keep the advantage.
In the rest of Set 2 witnessed Moutet's wonderful bravery. The French tennis player reclaimed a serve game and equalized 3-3 in game 6. To game 12, while leading 6-5, he excelled in breaking the game of Tien's serve to close the match with a 7-5 victory.
In the end, Tien stopped in the quarterfinals, while Moutet had tickets to the Mallorca Open semi -finals this year. Here, he will encounter the No. 3 seed Alex Michelsen. Despite being eliminated, Tien still has a relatively good momentum for Wimbledon 2025.
