Learner Tien has done it again. After stunning Daniil Medvedev in a five-set epic at last year’s Australian Open, the American prodigy delivered an even more ruthless performance this time around, dismantling the former world number one in straight sets,

It is only three years since Lerner Tien was contesting a Australian Open boys final. In 2023, a 17-year-old Tien was losing in three sets to Belgium’s Alexander Blockx in Melbourne, but it

Learner Tien got his name because his mum was a teacher and the rising star of United States tennis still lives at home even as he reached a Grand Slam milestone. "I do still live at home," the unassuming Tien,

Learner Tien’s impressive rise in tennis has continued at the Australian Open, where he has made the quarter-finals. Tien demolished Daniil Medvedev in straight sets to deservedly earn his place in the quarter-finals of the Melbourne event.

Catch the scores and key updates from the round of 16 men's singles match of Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 25, 2026, as it happened