AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Giant-killers Chung and Sandgren living their dreams
Melbourne — Wounded 12-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic was sent tumbling out of the Australian Open by Korean giant-killer Chung Hyeon on Monday, but ice-cool Roger Federer roared into the quarterfinals. The Serb, who was returning from six months out with a right elbow injury, was clearly in pain as his hopes of a seventh Melbourne Park title were extinguished on Rod Laver Arena 7-6 (7/4) 7-5 7-6 (7/3). He was keen not to take away from Chung’s huge achievement after the 21-year-old followed up his win over fourth seed Alexander Zverev in the last round. "Congratulations. Amazing," said Djokovic, who also had an apparent hip or groin problem, screeching at times when stretching for the ball. "He was the better player on court today and he deserved to win." Djokovic said the injuries started troubling him at the end of the first set and a decision on where he goes from here would be made after talking with his medical team. Chung’s reward is a last-eight clash with unheralded...
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