Watch Hyeon Chung talk about what his quarter-final victory meant for him and his country, South Korea. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com.
Watch highlights as Hyeon Chung of South Korea beats Tennys Sandgren to reach the Australian Open semi-finals. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com. Highlights not available in Aus., NZ or Canada and only available in Europe and USA 24 hours after completion of the match. Photo Credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour
The tournaments change, the courts differ but seemingly everywhere Hyeon Chung plays these days, the South Korean always brings his “pokerface”. Read More: Chung Keeps His 'Pokerface' in Milan Two months after winning the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, Chung secured yet another career breakthrough on Wednesday at the Australian Open. The unseeded 21-year-old dismissed Tennys Sandgren of the U.S. 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-3 to extend his greatest run at a Grand Slam, becoming the lowest-ranked man to make the Australian Open semi-finals since No. 86 Marat Safin in 2004. Chung is also the first South Korean, man or woman, to play in a Grand Slam semi-final, and he had his country on his mind during the match's final...
Listen to what Hyeon Chung's coach, Todd Woodbridge and Mark Philippoussis have to say about the rise of the 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals champion and this year's Australian Open quarter-finalist.
Hyeon Chung, No. 58 in the ATP Rankings, and Tennys Sandgren, No. 97, will play in the Australian Open quarter-finals. Raise your hand if you had that penciled into your men's draw before the fortnight began. Yeah, didn't think so. The unlikely runs of Chung and Sandgren have captivated audiences across the globe, as Koreans and Americans have clung to their computers and televisions to cheer on their respective compatriot. Chung became the first South Korean – male or female – to reach a quarter-final of a Grand Slam when he upset 14th seed and six-time former champion Novak Djokovic in the fourth round. “I'm just looking for Novak, Roger, Rafa. They're all my role models, my idols. I'm just...