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 | Korean Sensation Semifinal25-01-2018 |
Hjong Chun became the first Korean semi-final of a Grand Slam tournament after he continued his impressive performance at the Australian Open. 21-year-old talent, who is the 58th in the world, has managed one of the other surprises in the tournament - Tennis Sandgren and defeated him 6:4, 7:6 (5), 6:3. Chun expects the winner of the match between Roger Federer and Tomas Berdih. After removing Novak Djokovic, the South Korean had to deal with a new role - the one of the favorite, but it was not a problem for him. He scored 76% of the first serve and planned it perfectly. He saved two breakthroughs in the first set.
Sandgred found his rhythm in the second part and was equal in the game from the bottom of the court. The American served for the set at 5:3, but Chun showed a brilliant defense and managed to equalize to 5:5, then came to tiebreak. Hjon managed to make it and had an advantage in the third set. Sandgred saved fantasticly five matches but still had to surrender.