Learner Tien reaches Australian Open quarterfinals, the youngest man in the last eight since 2015

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Learner Tien is the youngest man to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals in 11 years, and the youngest American man to go so far in a Grand Slam event since 2002.

And he didn’t have to go the distance again with three-time runner-up Daniil Medvedev to get there.

The 20-year-old Tien had 6-4, 6-0, 6-3 win over Medvedev on Sunday, a year after a second-round, five-set upset over the 2021 U.S. Open champion.

Tien’s breakthrough run at a major ended in the fourth round in Australia last year.