Tien upsets Medvedev again at Australian Open in straight-sets win

MELBOURNE, Jan 25 : American Learner Tien overcame a nosebleed in the opening set to school Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-0 6-3 at the Australian Open on Sunday and moved into the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time in his young career.

The 20-year-old's stunning dismantling of the Russian was a far cry from their epic five-setter that lasted nearly five hours in the second round at Melbourne Park last year, with Tien wrapping up the contest in an hour and 42 minutes on Margaret Court Arena.

Drama struck early when Tien took a medical timeout just 10 minutes into the fourth-round encounter as he stuffed tissues up his nose, but that did little to stop his dominance on court as he left Medvedev looking utterly lost on numerous rallies.

Medvedev had said he did not like playing Tien after a trilogy of matches that went the distance last year and the 20-year-old American proved him right with a clinical performance that included 33 winners.

The victory made Tien the youngest quarter-finalist at the Australian Open since Nick Kyrgios in 2015 and he will next play third seed Alexander Zverev, who crushed Francisco Cerundolo 6-2 6-4 6-4.

"It feels amazing. It's so special to do it, especially here, where it's always so special for me to come back and play every year," Tien said.

"This is a big goal for me this year and I'm just super happy ... every year it's been so special to come back and play in front of a crowd like this with this much energy and support."

FAST START

After making a fast start by breaking Medvedev in the opening game and consolidating the break before the nosebleed, Tien showed no signs of slowing down following eight minutes of treatment.

He went toe-to-toe with the Russian, who has historically struggled