Hyeon Chung became the first South Korean player in history to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final after beating six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic 7-6(4), 7-5, 7-6(3) at the Australian Open on Monday. Chung, who won the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals last year, let slip 4-0, 4-1 and 3-1 leads in the first, second and third sets respectively before ultimately getting the better of Djokovic, who was playing his first tournament since The 2017 Championships at Wimbledon after struggling with a right elbow injury. Asked to describe what the win over Djokovic meant to him, and his country, Chung shared his emotions. “Novak (Djokovic), Roger (Federer) and Rafa (Nadal) are my role models, my idols. I'm just happy to...
Tennys Sandgren, one of the feel-good stories of the Australian Open, continued his surprise run into the quarter-finals on Monday night. Having failed to convert one match point opportunity at 6/5 in the fourth set tie-break, the American could easily have folded, but he held his nerve in the deciding set to record a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-7(7), 6-3 victory over World No. 5 Dominic Thiem of Austria. Sandgren is the first player since Alexandr Dolgopolov in 2011 to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals on his main-draw debut. Having broken into the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings for the first time in September 2017, the World No. 97 – in his eighth season as a pro – will now...
Hyeon Chung discusses what it was like to both share the court with the recently-returned Novak Djokovic and what it was like to beat the six-time Australian Open champion. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com.
Tomas Berdych discusses what it was like to not be playing his best tennis in 2017 and why he thinks he has returned to form. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com.
Marcelo Melo and Lukasz Kubot advanced to the Australian Open quarter-finals after coming from a set down to beat 16th seeds Rajeev Ram and Divij Sharan 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 on Monday. The World No.1 pairing, who had not dropped a set heading into their third-round encounter, found themselves a set down and points from defeat, entering a second set tie-break. The Polish-Brazilian duo produced their best level at the most crucial moment to force a decider, before sealing their place in the last eight after two hours and 12 minutes with a single break of serve and a hold to love in their final service game. The Sydney International champions, unbeaten in 2018, will face Ben Mclachlan and Jan-Lennard Struff...
