After a series of 6 consecutive losses, Learner Tien brought a positive signal when attending Rome Masters. In the opening match, the Vietnamese-original player defeated Reilly Opelka dramatic with a score of 6-4, 7-6 (11), thereby winning tickets to the second round.
Tien's next opponent in Italy is Tomas Machac, 20th in the world. Before the Rome Masters, the Czech player was also not in good shape when he was constantly eliminated from the prizes on the ground. However, he still had a reasonable fight to defeat an exaggerated learning room.
This match, Tien started strongly and won the break early in the game 2. However, this performance was not maintained by the American tennis player for too long. Immediately after winning the first break, he lost the next 2 gaming games. Set 1 closed with a 6-4 victory in favor of Machac.
Entering Set 2, Tien is still the one who enters the initiative. Like set 1, he won the break early in game 4 and raised hope backwards. However, again, Machac showed the bravery of a player in the top 20 in the world.
In the rest of the set, Machac played firmly. After reclaiming a gaming game in Game 5, he won a second break in game 9 to decide the match. Sang game 10, Tien could not create a surprise, thereby accepting the racket with defeat 4-6.
With this result, Tien had to stop in the 2nd round of the men's men's Masters this year. Meanwhile, Machac won tickets to the third round and will encounter Tommy Paul. The American tennis player has just defeated Roberto Bautista Agut with a score of 6-1, 6-4.
