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California youngsters Taylor Fritz and Learner Tien will attempt to carry the American flag into spherical 4 of the Australian Open once they return to motion on Saturday. Fritz faces Gael Monfils; Tien meets fellow lefty Corentin Moutet.(4) Taylor Fritz vs. Gael MonfilsMonfils’ run has to finish in some unspecified time in the future, proper? For now, the 38-year-old Frenchman is displaying no indicators of slowing down. He captured his thirteenth profession title final week in Auckland and has prolonged his profitable streak to seven matches with Australian Open victories over compatriot Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Daniel Altmaier.
Corentin Moutet vs. (Q) Learner TienTeeangers on the lads’s facet have been the large story thus far this fortnight. Tien, Joao Fonseca, and Jakub Mensik all ousted top-10 opponents within the first two rounds. Tien’s heroics got here on Thursday evening (or extra like Friday morning), when the 19-year-old American outlasted world No. 5 Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-7(8), 1-6, 7-6(10-7) after 4 hours and 49 minutes in a match that ended at 2:55 am. Thus continues an superior run for Tien, who just about dominated the Futures and Challengers circuits final season earlier than ending runner-up to Joao Fonseca on the NextGen ATP Finals.
