Just as the rackets went flying, so did the cash at the Australian Open. The first major of the year kicked off the tennis season with some of the biggest meltdowns fan have seen, but also saw
Daniil Medvedev has been fined a large chunk of his Australian Open prize money for unsportsmanlike conduct at the year's opening Grand Slam, included a racket-smashing meltdown in the first round. The Russian,
Learner Tien, a 19-year-old qualifier from California, notched the biggest upset of the 2025 Australian Open to date by beating No. 5 seed and 2024 finalist, Daniil Medvedev, in five sets. Tien won 6-3,
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Daniil Medvedev of Russia reacts during his second round match against Learner Tien of the U.S. at the ...
World No. 5 Daniil Medvedev has been fined more than US$76,000 for two separate incidents which occured during his first and second-round matches at the Australian Open.
American teenager Learner Tien produced arguably the biggest shock of the Australian Open so far as he defeated last year’s runner-up Daniil Medvedev in five sets, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 1-6, 7-6 (7).
The 19-year-old American upset fifth-seeded Daniil Medvedev in a five-set Australian Open marathon that lasted nearly five hours.
Daniil Medvedev was handed some hefty fines for his actions at this year's Australian Open. He was fined $10,000 for banging his racket against the net and damaging a camera in the process, then he was fined $66,000 for his actions in his second round loss to Learner Tien and because he didn't attend his media session after.
Well into the early hours of the morning in Melbourne, Daniil Medvedev has been dumped out of the Australian Open as Learner Tien became the teacher in seeing off the three-time finalist in a deciding set epic.
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Australian Open: Learner Tien stuns No. 5 Daniil Medvedev
The Irvine native and 19-year-old qualifier, who played one semester at USC, wins a 4-hour, 49-minute thriller that ends at nearly 3 a.m. in Melbourne
World No.5 Daniil Medvedev has been whacked with fines totalling more than ... The leading Russian had two matches in Melbourne – the comeback win over little-known Thai opponent Kasidit Samrej, and the second-round loss to Tien, an agonising defeat ...
Learner Tien has become the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open’s third round since Pete Sampras in 1990.