Tien won 7-5, 7-5 and will continue his campaign at the Rolex Shanghai Masters in Shanghai. The match was played in two sets, both of which ended with the same score.
According to api.tennis, 14th seed Tien sits 18th in the rankings with 2345 points, while Svajda is 80th with 759 points. Before this match, Svajda had come through the first round, beating Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 7-6.