Australian Open: Irvine’s Learner Tien joins Alcaraz, Djokovic (walkover) in quarterfinals
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By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia — Irvine’s Learner Tien is the youngest man to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals in 11 years, and the youngest American man to go so far in a Grand Slam event since 2002. And he didn’t have to go the distance again with three-time runner-up Daniil Medvedev to get there. The 20-year-old Tien had a 6-4, 6-0, 6-3 win over Medvedev on Sunday (late Saturday night PT), a year after a second-round, five-set upset over the 2021 U.S. Open champion. Tien’s breakthrough run at a major ended in the fourth round in Australia last year. The left-hander has already gone one better, becoming the youngest man since Nick Kyrgios in 2015 to make it to the...