MELBOURNE: World number 100 Tennys Sandgren reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the second time in three years with an ill-tempered 7-6 7-5 6-7 6-4 victory over combustible Italian Fabio Fognini on Sunday.
Sandgren accused the umpire of lacking the courage to penalise Fognini, who was then docked a point penalty for refusing to play after being broken in his first service game of the second set. The Italian had battled through two five-set matches at the tournament, including coming from two sets down in the opening round to beat Reilly Opelka, and threatened another comeback when he raced away with the third-set tiebreak.The fourth set stayed on serve until Sandgren produced three straight aces to hold for 5-4 and carried the momentum through to the following game, wrapping up the contest with a drop shot from his knees at the net after a 26-stroke rally.
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