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    Helene Elliott: Learner Tien's rise has tennis world noticing Southern California left-hander

    by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times Jul 17, 2023 4 minutes
    In this photo from January 28, 2023, Alexander Blockx of Belgium poses with the championship trophy after winning the Junior Boys’ Singles Final against Learner Tien of the United States during day 13 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.

    Learner Tien played tennis almost as soon as he started walking. He was 5 when he competed in his first tournament, at the Racquet Club of Irvine, near his home. He was just short of 6, his father recalled, when he earned his first championship by winning three matches at an event in Upland. His trophy had a jack-o'-lantern on it because it was Halloween.

    "He was ecstatic," said his father, Khuong Dan Tien, a real estate lawyer who taught tennis and described himself and his wife, Huyen, a former math teacher in the Anaheim school district, as hacks who play better in their minds than on the court.

    Tennis came easily to the poised, young left-hander. Maybe

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