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 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.
The South Korean will meet Tennys Sandgren for a place in the semi-finals after the American upset fifth seed Dominic Thiem 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-7(7), 6-3. Chung won their only previous encounter just two weeks ago in Auckland to lead their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 1-0.
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