Indian Wells Tennis 2018: Early Scores and Results from Wednesday
Hyeon Chung reached the last eight of the Indian Wells Masters as he beat No. 30 seed Pablo Cuevas 6-1, 6-3 in California on Wednesday in Indian Wells, California.
His fellow 21-year-old, Borna Coric, also booked his quarter-final spot earlier in the day as he prevailed 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-4 over Taylor Fritz of the United States.
No. 31 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber downed Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 7-6 (1) in their fourth-round match.
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South Korea's Chung made a name for himself in January at the Australian Open as he downed world No. 4 Alexander Zverev and former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic on his way to the semi-finals in Melbourne.
It was his first last-four appearance at a Grand Slam, and he has now secured his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 quarter-final spot after cruising past the Uruguayan Cuevas.
No. 23 seed Chung rattled through the opener of his fourth-round clash, dropping just one game, and claimed an early advantage in the second.
Cuevas upped his performance to put some pressure on Chung's serve but he could not find a route back into the match, and the youngster wrapped up victory in just 78 minutes.
Coric endured a tougher time of things against the 20-year-old Fritz.
In the first three rounds, the Croatian had lost just nine games in consecutive straight-set victories, and he looked similarly in control against Fritz when he took the opener 6-2.
While a tight second set went to a tiebreak, it looked as though it would be another victory in two for Coric when he went 4-0 ahead.
However, after a string of unforced errors from Coric and a saved match point by Fritz, the clash went to a decider, per TennisTV:
The California-born Fritz took the momentum into the third and broke for a 2-0 lead, but Coric proved his mettle and talent as he bounced back to win in two hours and 11 minutes.
Kohlschreiber's was a performance of pace and power against the 26-year-old Herbert.
In a clash of just under 90 minutes, the German landed 79 per cent of first serves and, crucially, showed his experience when it mattered.
The 7-1 win in the second-set tiebreak was a case in point as Kohlschreiber felt no pressure to ease to victory despite some tight exchanges.
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