Melbourne, Australia — The withdrawal of the 20-year-old player, one of the season's revelations, is a blow to the men's draw of the first Grand Slam of the year. Djokovic, a multiple-time champion in Melbourne, will now benefit from an additional period of rest before his next match, scheduled for the middle of next week, when he will face the winner of the match between Lorenzo Musetti and Taylor Fritz on Monday. The Serbian, who seeks to expand his record at the Australian tournament, approaches the final stretch of the championship with a less demanding schedule, a factor that could be key in his goal of conquering a new Grand Slam title. Mensik, for his part, will focus his efforts on recovering to return to competition in the coming weeks. American Learner Tien pulled off a historic upset at the Australian Open by eliminating Russian Daniil Medvedev, the 12th seed, with a convincing victory of 6-4, 6-0, and 6-3 in the Margaret Court Arena. Tien, number 29 in the tournament, displayed aggressive tennis, solid from the baseline, and with an extraordinary defensive capacity, which overwhelmed an erratic Medvedev at key moments. Although Medvedev showed flashes of his power, with serves that reached 201 km/h, and tried to react in the third set, his failures in decisive points ended up condemning him. With this win, Tien reaches the Australian Open quarterfinals for the first time, in what is already shaping up to be the most significant achievement of his career and a performance that shakes the men's draw of the tournament. In the quarterfinals, Tien will face the world number three, German Alexander Zverev.
