The withdrawal of the Russian tennis player, in the second round, is the biggest highlight this Thursday in the tournament taking place in Melbourne.
Current runner-up Daniil Medvedev, finalist in three of the last four editions of the fell this Thursday in the second round of the first ‘major’ of the season, being eliminated by North American tennis player Learner Tien, coming from ‘qualifying’.
World number five, the Russian lost to qualifier Tien (121st), by scores of 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (8-10), 1-6 and 7- 6 (10-7), in four hours and 49 minutes.
Champion of the United States Open in 2021, Medvedev was a finalist in the first ‘major’ of the season in 2021, 2022 and 2024, recording this Thursday his earliest exit at Melbourne Park since 2018.
