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Rivals 2025: Medvevev vs. tien

He recalled one of the most important atp heads of the era

November 25, 2025

To mark the end of another exciting season, atptour.com is allowing our annual “best of” series, which will showcase the most interesting competitors, matchups, comebacks, upsets and more. This week, we look at the best competitors of the year.

Daniil Medveveev against the student was a rivalry that no one saw coming in 2025. Medvedev started the season inside the top 5 while Tien was outside the top 100, no setup for the ongoing show. However their three Lexus ATP Head2head meetings were some of the year.

As the court players all knew how to summon opponents, their confrontations became a series of compelling tactical calculations. Another layer of physicality is placed in the battle between experience and youth as the past No. 1 in the PIF ATP rankings took a young rising sensation, while the height difference is 7 inches

All three of medvedev and tien’s Lexus Atp Head2head Lord meetings this year went to the decider, with the American Lefty holding a 2-1 advantage over Medvevevev. Tien began the year with a surprising relief upset by Medvedev at the Australian open and will not meet again until the grueling Asian meetings, where two meetings in eight days ended.

Australia open R64, Tien d. Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 1-6, 7-6 (7)
Scoreline of Medvedev and Tien’s Melbourne Clash, like three breaks, like a sudoku puzzle more than a tennis game and 2: 54 am End only in drama.

Tien held a third set match point, which was saved by Medvedev with an ace, but in the end the match was destined for Melbourne late in the night instead of a straight forward win. Medvedev was the founder of the defense and had reached the title match on two other occasions, but the former world 1 Tien captured four consecutive points and grew in his arms of freedom, with a big smile painted on his face after a clinical victory.

“Hopefully I was hoping not to go to the fifth set violation,” he admitted after the victory. “But I’m just happy to get the win. I know I made it harder than ever.”

Showing the intelligence of the shot and the consistency of the brickwall throughout the four-hour period, TIen ended up becoming the second American man to reach the 16-year-old circuit, next to Metevedev, who had reached Medvevevevev at the age of 1-4.

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Beijing SFS, Tien d. Medvedev 5-7, 7-5, 4-0 Retirement
Early signs suggest Medvedev is sure to avenge his Melbourne victory at the China Open in Beijing. Leading the set 4-1, and later serving for the match 5-3, the victory seemed inconclusive. But Teen refused to fade, staying composed with long rallies to draw mistakes from Medvevevevev and extend the final clash at the ATP 500.

Medvedev left the court before the third set and returned with his lower left leg on tap. He looked awful from the start of the build-up, apparently suffering from cramps. After the conclusion of the fourth game, the 29-year-old was buried in the net and shook hands with Tien, who won on his first day of the tour and became the second-ranked founder in the history of Beijing after Rafael Nadal.

“I had that belief that I was in the games even though I was on break,” said Teen and returned. “I was confident that I could break him because I was able to break him a few times in the first set. I did it.”

Shanghai R16, Medvevevev d. Tien 7-6 (6), 6-7 (1), 6-4
Eight days after being forced to retire in Beijing, he was once again standing across the tar from Tien and the third time was the charm. Rolex-Lampex Shanghai Masters Clashth fourth – Medvedev won a late body battle in the second set and called out Gritty Shetge late for the win.

The top scorer sets the tone for one of the best games of the season. After that, the drama intensified when Medvedev took the lead at 6-5 in the second set. He asked his training team to be chicken juice and talked about physio before the break, saying desperately, “what do you think I can do?” Gracing the court, Medvedev’s Fate looked set to be reassessed in Beijing as Tien dominated the break.

Medvedev would not go down without a fight. Despite being frustrated with his physical condition and despite begging his team for answers, Medvedev came to three consecutive games from 3-4 in monitoring the two-hour cap, a meeting of 53 minutes. rollervedoasterv’s Rollerdoaster victory was more emotional than anything else and he signed the camera lens afterwards: ‘I don’t want to leave the most beautiful city in the world!’

In his post-match interview, his impressive MedvedEV: “To hit … I thought I was going to lose. I was also happy and very happy to manage to do it.

“I think the hardest part is that we have to play twice [before]and in my opinion he is an incredible player, because he does not have a good serve and serve is very important to the team. Without working, he is 19 years old and 30 – something in the world and only rising. In my opinion he is a good tennis player. You have a good feel for the game. “