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Why does “Tiens bon” mean “Hold on”?

You misread the expression. The first word is not tien (your) but tiens, imperative form of the verb tenir (to hold).

The latter gave the English "Tennis".

Tiens bon !

is more like (literally):

Hold "well" or Hold "good"!

Instead of Google translate, I’d recommend DeepL which translates Tiens bon ! to :

Hang in there!