Tennis: Australian Open, in the semifinals Federer faces the surprise Chung. The other semi-final is between Edmund and Cilic

Roger Federer is the fourth and last semifinalist of the Australian Open, of Tennis, the first prestigious seasonal Grand Slam tournament. The Swiss, currently number 2 in the world, beat Czech Tomas Berdych in three sets in the quarterfinals with a score of 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 in 2 hours and 18 minutes of play. Federer will face the Korean revelation Hyeon Chung in the semifinal. The 21-year-old South Korean, world number 58, reached the semifinals by beating American Tennys Sandgren in the quarterfinals, another revelation of the tournament (No. 97 in the ranking) with a score of 6-4 7-6 (5) 6-3. Chung, the first South Korean to achieve such a result, in the tough path to reach the semifinals he eliminated world number 4 Sascha Zverev, and Novak Djokovic, currently number 14 in the ranking after a long stop due to an elbow injury and six times winner in Melbourne of the Australian Open. Federer and Chung will play the final on Friday 26 January at 09:30 Italian time while tomorrow, at the same time, Kyle Edmund and Marin Cilic will face each other in the other semifinal. The British, number 49 in the world ranking and executioner among others of our Andreas Seppi, beat world number 3 Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals while the Croatian Marin Cilic, number 6 atp, reaches the semifinals after eliminating in the last two rounds, as many Spanish tennis players, the number 10 atp Pablo Carreño Busta and above all the current world number 1 Rafael Nadal penalized by an injury to his right leg that forced him to retire in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday, on 2- 0 to the fifth set for Marin Cilic. The 31-year-old Majorcan tennis player, undergoing an MRI in Melbourne, will have to stay away from the courts for at least three weeks.

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Tennis: Australian Open, in the semifinals Federer faces the surprise Chung. The other semi-final is between Edmund and Cilic