2018 Australian Open Men's Singles QF's - South Korea's Chung Hyeon beat USA's Tennys Sandgren to reach SF's

Chung Hyeon’s trailblazing run through the Australian Open continued on Wednesday as the South Korean tossed American Tennys Sandgren aside 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3 to become his nation’s first grand slam semi-finalist.

Bespectacled like Clark Kent but playing like Superman at a sunbathed Rod Laver Arena, world number 58 Chung became the lowest ranked player into the last four at Melbourne Park since Marat Safin in 2004.

Chung Hyeon, who became the east Asian nation’s first grand slam quarter-finalist by toppling six-times champion Novak Djokovic in the previous round, acknowledged thrilled South Korean fans draped in flags in the terraces and the TV audience back home.

“To all my fans, friends back in Korea. I’m not done yet. See you on Friday,” the muscular tyro said on court as his delighted parents beamed in the players’ box.