Tennis - Australian Open - Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 18, 2018. Tennys Sandgren of the U.S. in action during his match against Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - American outsider Tennys Sandgren's fairytale run at the Australian Open is just what the sport needs to make it less predictable, according to former champion Mats Wilander.
The 97th-ranked Sandgren arrived in Melbourne without a grand slam match win on his CV but the man from Gallatin, Tennessee is now one victory away from the quarter-finals.
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