Defending champion Roger Federer welcomed the emergence of new challengers after several unseeded players made the Australian Open semifinals for the first time in nearly 20 years.
The Swiss 19-time grand slam champion will face 21-year-old South Korean Chung Hyeon in one semifinal Wholesale Football Jerseys , while 23-year-old Briton Kyle Edmund will take on former US Open champion Marin Cilic in the other.
The last time so many unfamiliar faces reached the last four in Melbourne was in 1999 when Tommy Haas, Thomas Enqvist and Niclas Lapenti made the semis.
“I think it’s a good thing. They got to make a move. I find it disappointing when their breakthroughs come at 27, because then we know them for seven years, let’s say,” 36-year-old Federer said after beating Tomas Berdych 7-6 (1) Wholesale NFL Jerseys , 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday.
“I like it when we don’t know the guys. I hardly know Chung. I’ve hardly spoken to him. I had one (sponsor’s) appearance once with Edmund over in London. That’s about it.”
Federer expects the men’s game to become more unpredictable with a change back to 16 seeds, rather than 32, in slams.
“We like our rivalries that do exist on the tour. New names are good, from time to time Wholesale Jerseys , of course for the tour. I think next year when we’ll have 16 seeds, it’s going to be quite different,” said Federer, who has reached his 43rd grand slam semifinal and is favorite to win a 20th major.
Chung defeated six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in the last 16 and followed up by beating Tennys Sandgren 6-4, 7-6 (5) Cheap Football Jerseys China , 6-3 on Wednesdayy.
Chung became the first Korean to make a grand slam tennis semifinal.
“In last game, I think at 40-love ... if I win one more point, I make history in Korea. I have to think about the ceremony, something,” he said Cheap NFL Football Jerseys , explaining how he got slightly ahead of himself.
“After deuce, break point. I was like, no, nothing to do with ceremony. But just keep playing — keep focused.”
Then he fully embraced the moment, joking in an on-court TV interview Cheap Football Jerseys , introducing the audience to his parents and his coach, and taking the microphone to speak in Korean to millions of new tennis fans back home.
“I think all the people is watching Australian Open now because we make history in Korea,” he said.
The No. 58-ranked Chung is the lowest-ranked man to reach the semifinals since Marat Safin in 2004. He’s also the
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