Serbia's Novak Djokovic speaks during a press conference after his loss to South Korea's Hyeon Chung in their men's singles fourth round match on day eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne
After a tricky start, Federer was now playing somewhere near his best, and that showed in the second set as he was rarely threatened on serve.
Roger Federer remained on course to defending his Australian Open title and landing a 20th Grand Slam title by defeating Tomas Berdych for the third consecutive year to reach the semi-finals. Sandgren had failed to win a match in the majors 13 times before making an appearance in a grand slam.
The 19-time Grand Slam champion, who hasn't lost in five matches against Berdych in Melbourne, will play in his 43rd Grand Slam semi-final, a record for the post-1968 Open Era.
In a battle between two surprising quarterfinalists, Chung got off to a good start by wrapping up the first set in 37 minutes.
Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, dominated from the outset, while Edmund required a medical timeout after the first set and appeared to be hindered in the closing stages.
It got no better in the second set with Federer again breaking in the fourth game before the trainer was called on to the court to treat Chung for his foot blisters.
In an intense tiebreak, Chung drew first blood, but Sandgren later went up 5-4 with a forehand victor. "The same against Tennys Sandgren", he said.
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Keys was expected to be a stiff challenge, having not dropped a set en route to the quarters, but she melted under the German's relentless groundstrokes and pinpoint return of serve. Federer is 4-1 against Cilic on outdoor hard court. "If I win one more point, I make history in Korea".
He didn't let anyone down in a clinical dismantling of the No. 58-ranked Chung, who won the Next Gen ATP Finals last November.
Chung, victor of the Next Gen ATP Finals previous year, produced a fine display against his American opponent, also a surprise packet in Melbourne.
Federer is bidding to retain his Australian Open crown and win the tournament for a record-equalling sixth time to go with his successes in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010 and past year. Chung previously reached as high as world No. 44. He played only two more games before he quit.
"I think it's an interesting match for me".
Federer, who is chasing his sixth Australian title, is looking forward to facing the bespectacled Chung for the first time for a place in the final. "I think he's going to be a great player". "It's 50-50 ... I don't care". It was clear that in his first tournament back for 6 months, the elbow still was adjusting to the level of play at a Slam but Chung matched Djokovic grinding blow for grinding blow, and dealt the Serbian the same hand he has done to many opponents on his own successful Slam runs.
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