Injured in the hip, Corentin Moutet eliminated in the 3rd round by Tien

Corentin Moutet saw his dreams disappear in this Australian Open. While he hoped to match his best Grand Slam performance, achieved at Roland-Garros (2024) and the US Open (2022), the 25-year-old Frenchman had to lose against Learner Tien, 7-6, 6- 3, 6-3. Limited by a hip injury from the second set, the Habs were unable to fight with all their weapons this Saturday and let the young American make an impression in this Australian Open.

Corentin Moutet may obviously harbor regrets. His body gave up on him in the middle of the second set with a slip at the end of the race. Affected, he remained on the ground for a few minutes before seeking treatment at the end of the second round. And from his first serve of the third set, he found himself on the ground again before gritting his teeth to finish his match. But he no longer had the arguments to oppose his young opponent.

Moutet could also have regrets about the management of his first set. Twice he lost his faceoff before breaking. But in an intense and contested tie-break, he broke down to let Learner Tien pocket the set win at 12-10. Before getting injured in the second set, just before losing his serve for the second time in the set (2-4). Then there wasn't really a match anymore.

Faller in the 2nd round of the triple finalist in Melbourne Daniil Medvedev (5th), Learner Tien continues to amaze everyone. He becomes the youngest American to reach the round of 16 of the Australian Open since Pete Sampras. And he will try to continue his already memorable campaign against Lorenzo Sonego or Fabian Marozsan.