World number two Alexander Zverev suffers a shock early exit from the Mexican Open with a straight-set defeat against teenage qualifier Learner Tien.

Australian Open finalist Alexander Zverev suffered another setback when he was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by American qualifier Learner Tien in Acapulco. Top seed Zverev lost the last five games from 4-1 up in the second set to crash out in the last 16 match in 1 hour 26 minutes on Wednesday night.

Alexander's latest setback came against the 19-year-old Learnen Tien in the second round in Acapulco. A teenager ousted the Australian Open finalist 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 28 minutes for his second top-5 victory of the season.

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