Teenage qualifier Tien stuns height seed Zverev

Learner Tien reached the fourth spherical on his debut look on the Australian Open in January [Getty Images]International quantity two Alexander Zverev suffered a surprise early go out from the Mexican Open with a straight-set defeat towards teenage qualifier Learner Tien.Australian Open finalist Zverev, the highest seed in Acapulco, installed an uncharacteristically error-strewn efficiency as American Tien gained 6-3 6-4.Tien, 19, beat Briton Cameron Norrie within the earlier spherical and can face Czech Tomas Machac within the quarter-finals.”I simply went available in the market and attempted to keep an eye on my facet of the courtroom,” mentioned Tien.”Clearly I knew it was once going to be a tricky fit. To return thru feels nice… I feel simply specializing in what I will keep an eye on and preserving my cool as very best as I will has in point of fact taken me some distance.”Tien is the youngest American guy to document a victory towards a top-three opponent since Andy Roddick in 2001.He has loved a memorable few months, achieving the general on the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals in December ahead of making it thru to the fourth spherical on the Australian Open in January.Zverev is one in all six seeds to go out the contest in the second one spherical.Casper Ruud, Tommy Paul and Holger Rune all pulled out on account of a abdomen worm, whilst Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe have been overwhelmed through David Goffin and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina respectively.Ruud completed runner-up on the ATP 500 match in 2024 however the second one seed didn’t make it to the courtroom for his come across towards native favorite Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez.”I used to be hoping to conquer this abdomen sickness that confirmed up the day before today,” Ruud mentioned on Instagram.”Hoping to come back again more potent in a few days and are available again right here to Mexico subsequent 12 months.”Rune, seeded fourth, started his fit towards Brandon Nakashima however needed to retire whilst trailing 3-0 within the first set.”Livid and so unhappy on the identical time. Had meals poisoning and was once not able to play lately,” Rune mentioned on X.”Certainly one of my favorite puts is Mexico and I like this event. Completely no longer the way in which I sought after it to finish.”