Chung destroys Cuevas to reach his first QF in a Master1000

Hyeon Chung keeps on rising!

The South Korean defeats Pablo Cuevas 6-1 6-3 in the Indian Wells quarters to reach his first QF in a Master1000. When Hyeon conquered a fast 6-1 5-0 lead, everything pointed to a quick conclusion of the match. Eventually, Cuevas managed to break the South Korean after a gigantic game that saw Cuevas saving 7 match points. The Uruguayan broke Chung again after holding his serve (5-3), but eventually it was Chung to find the solution again and conquer the contest after 78 minutes.

I am trying to enjoy more the court. CHUNG

Soon after the match, Chung commented “I’m just starting with a new team this year with Neville Godwin, and he has helped me try to enjoy more on the court. And we started last preseason working on the serve a little bit.

It was a really tough match against Pablo. I had a lot of chances to finish, like, 6-1, 5-love up. I had a few match points, but it started getting windy, and he was playing good. So I’m just happy to win 6-3.” 

Next vs. Federer

Chung will face Roger Federer for a place in the semifinal. The head to head is 1-0 for the Swiss after Chung withdrew in their recent semifinal at the Australian Open.