VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE NEXT GEN ATP FINALS WITH WINS FOR LEARNER TIEN AND ALEXANDER BLOCKX RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA (DECEMBER 20, 2025) (ATP MEDIA / IMG – See restrictions before use) LEARNER TIEN (UNITED STATES / BLACK CAP) V NISHESH BASAVAREDDY (UNITED STATES) 1. BASAVAREDDY WALKING OUT 2. TIEN WALKING OUT FIRST SET 3. BASAVAREDDY ON SERVE, TIEN WITH A BACKHAND WINNER SECOND SET 4. TIEN ON SERVE, TIEN WITH A BACKHAND WINNER TO GO UP 2-1 IN THE SECOND THIRD SET 5. TIEN ON SERVE, BIG EFFORT BY BOTH PLAYERS, BUT TIEN COMES AWAY WITH THE POINT WHEN BASAVAREDDY GOES OUT 6. MATCH POINT – TIEN ON SERVE, BASAVAREDDY RETURN GOES WIDE AND TIEN WINS THE MATCH 4-2 4-1 4-3(3) 7. VARIOUS OF TIEN CELEBRATING AND SHAKING HANDS WITH BASAVAREDDY ALEXANDER BLOCKX (BELGIUM) V NICOLAI BUDKOV KJAER (NORWAY / WHITE CAP) 8. BUDKOV KJAER WALKING OUT 9. BLOCKX WALKING OUT FIRST SET 10. BUDKOV KJAER ON SERVE, BLOCKX WITH A RACING FOREHAND WINNER SECOND SET 11. SET POINT – BLOCKX ON SERVE, BLOCKX TAKES THE POINT FROM AT THE NET TO WIN THE SET 4-3(8) THIRD SET 12. MATCH POINT – BUDKOV KJAER ON SERVE, BLOCKX WITH A FOREHAND WINNER TO WIN THE MATCH 4-3(4) 4-3(8) 4-2 13. VARIOUS OF BLOCKX CELEBRATING AND SHAKING HANDS WITH BUDKOV KJAER STORY: Learner Tien will return to the title match at the Next Gen ATP Finals after he put away American compatriot Nishesh Basavareddy 4-2 4-1 4-3(3) in their semi-final on Saturday (December 20). A year after losing in the final to Brazil’s Joao Fonseca, Tien will have a second shot at the title when he takes on two-seed Alexander Blockx in Sunday’s (December 21) final in Jeddah. Blockx beat his good friend, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer of Norway, 4-3(4) 4-3(8) 4-2 in the earlier semi on Saturday to become for the first Belgian to reach Next Gen championship. Top-seeded Tien is only the second man to reach the final more than once in the 20-and-under tournament’s history after Australia’s Alex de Minaur played back-to-back Next Gen finals in 2018 and 2019. (Production: Kurt Michael Hall)
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