Tennis - Australian Open - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 22, 2018. South Korea's Chung Hyeon celebrates winning his match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tennis success has proved elusive for South Korea but the east Asian nation can expect a belated rush of glory if young gun Chung Hyeon has his way.
On Monday, the bespectacled 21-year-old became the country's first player to reach a grand slam quarter-final by felling one of the game's all-time greats in Serbian Novak Djokovic.
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