Sandgren upsets Fognini to make Open last eight

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26 Jan 2020, 17:43 GMT+10

Melbourne - Tennys Sandgren won a "war" against 12th seed Fabio Fognini over four intense sets to roar into his second Australian Open quarter-final in three years Sunday.

"He is so good. You can never count him out at any stage. I had expectations of a fight and that's what we had."

Asked about playing either Fucsovics or Federer, he said: "Marton is playing phenomenal at the moment and Roger is Roger."

The distractions didn't unsettle Sandgren who went two breaks and 4-0 up in the second set before Fognini came steaming back, winning five games in a row before he was broken again and the American regained focus to go two sets in front.

Results on day seven of the Australian Open Grand Slam at Melbourne Park on Sunday (x denotes seeding):

Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Diego Schwartzman (ARG x14) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

4th round

Ons Jabeur (TUN) bt Wang Qiang (CHN x27) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1

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