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...
Tennys Sandgren tells the press how he pinched himself during his post-match interview following his victory against Dominic Thiem at the Australian Open. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com.
Tennys Sandgren reflects on advancing to the second week of a major for the first time at the Australian Open. Video courtesy Tennis Australia. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com.
Keeping up with his studies and transitioning from Futures to beating Stan Wawrinka en route to R4 of a major, get to know the last American man standing at Melbourne Park.
Before Tennys Sandgren pulled off a headline-grabbing upset at the Australian Open so far, beating 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka on Thursday, the American was already familiar with the Swiss' game. Sandgren sat in a bar just a little over two weeks after he lost in the first round of qualifying at the 2016 US Open, and watched in amazement as Wawrinka hoisted his third Grand Slam trophy. “I was having a few beers. I was watching the tennis,” Sandgren, who at the time had never played a Grand Slam championship main draw, told the press after his second-round match. “That's insane, an inhuman level of tennis.” The 26-year-old’s viewpoint was far different Thursday on Margaret Court Arena, where he broke...
