Hyeon Chung upsets Novak Djokovic
Hyeon Chung defeated Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7-4), 7-5, 7-6 (7-3). Hyeon "The Professor" reached his first grand slam quarterfinal by playing the best match of his career to send Novak Djokovic out of the Australian Open.
Hyeon Chung started the match aggressively by breaking Djokovic's serve to go up 2-0 in the first set. Djokovic couldn't find his way into the match and was quickly down 4-0. He proceeded to break Chung's serve at 4-1 to bring the score to 4-2 and then 4-3 after a hard fought game. Chung then held to up 5-3 however he couldn't serve out the set as Djokovic broke back to bring the match level at 5-5. The first set then proceeded to a tie break where Chung pulled away from Djokovic at 3-3 to win the first set 7-6 (7-4).
Chung raced out to a 3-0 lead in the 2nd set however, once again Djokovic dug deep to level the set at 4-4. Both players both proceeded to hold serve until Djokovic was broken serving at 5-6 to force a tiebreaker. The third set continued the pattern of the match as Djokovic was again broken to quickly go 3-1. However once again, he fought back and leveled the set at 3-3. The set then proceeded to a tiebreaker where Chung battled to a 3-1 lead. Then the crucial point happened at 4-3 with Chung serving. Djokovic hit a volley that should have been a winner deep to Chung 's forehand side however Chung scrambled and hit an unbelievable crosscourt winner to go up 5-3. Chung then proceeded to win when Djokovic sent a backhand wide at 6-3.
Chung will next face Tennys Sandgren in the quaterfinal where he would be the clear favorite to reach the semifinal.
