Match recap · Played Nov 3, 2026

Tien edges Vallejo in Paris

Tien vs Vallejo — 1-1 across 2 meetings in this archive

Learner Tien beat Vallejo 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 at the Paris Masters, reversing a straight-sets loss to him in Madrid in April, and a break at 5-5 in the third set decided it.

Vallejo opened the match with a break of Tien and led 3-1. Tien then won five games in a row, breaking for 3-3 and again for 5-3, and closed the set 6-3.

Vallejo took the second set. A break in the fifth game put Tien ahead 3-2, and he went on to lead 5-3. Vallejo won the last four games: he held, broke Tien when he served for the set at 5-4, held again, and broke once more at 5-6 to take it 7-5.

In set three, Tien broke for 2-1 and went ahead 5-3. Vallejo held to make it 5-4, and Tien was broken serving for the match in a 12-point game. Vallejo then served at 5-5, and Tien broke him in another 12-point game before holding to win the set 7-5.

Tien served 10 aces to Vallejo's two and won 12 of 16 points at the net. On second serve Vallejo had the edge: Tien won 15 of 32 of those points, Vallejo 19 of 35, and Tien was broken four times. Tien saved seven of the 11 break points he faced and converted five of his 12. Tien won 104 points to Vallejo's 101.

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