Chung Hyeon reaches 3rd round of Australian Open

By Baek Byung-yeul

Korean tennis player Chung Hyeon advanced to the third round of the Australian Open in Melbourne, Thursday.

The world No. 58 defeated No. 53 Daniil Medvedev of Russia 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1 in the men’s singles.

With the win, the 21-year-old became the first Korean player to reach the Australian Open third round. This is the second time for Chung to advance to the third round at a major tennis championship following his third round finish at the France Open last June.

Chung will play world No. 4 Alexander Zverev of Germany, Saturday. Zverev beat No. 62 Peter Gojowczyk, also of Germany, 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 the same day.