"Not that I'm fully focusing, because I'm scratching my head trying to figure out how Medvedev has slumped 5-0 down in the second set against Tien, who now has two set points at 40-15. Medvedev did seem to be a man transformed in Melbourne, with his new team, new tactics and new title in the Brisbane warm-up event, but he's on the wrong end of a second-set bagel as Tien tonks a backhand winner down the line!"
"He races to 40-0 before netting a forehand on the first match point and succeeding with a drop shot backed up by a lob on the second! Zverev awaits the winner of Medvedev v Tien, with Tien trouncing the 11th seed in the second set, leading 6-4, 4-0. I'm trying to do what the two best players are doing, to add to my game, says Zverev, three times a grand slam runner-up, never a champion."
Medvedev fell 5-0 behind in the second set to Tien and surrendered that set as Tien hit a backhand winner down the line. Medvedev had arrived in Melbourne with a new team, new tactics and a Brisbane warm-up title but then experienced a sharp slump. Zverev moved into the quarter-finals in straight sets and awaits the Medvedev v Tien winner. Zverev said he tries to emulate the top players to add to his game and remains a three-time Grand Slam runner-up without a major title. Bublik's unorthodox, Kyrgios-like style unsettled De Minaur, who remains consistently strong but has never progressed beyond the quarter-finals at his home slam.
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