PARIS — Hyeon Chung fought back from two sets down against Kei Nishikori to keep alive his bid to become the first South Korean to reach the fourth round of the French Open. Nishikori was leading
PARIS — Hyeon Chung fought back from two sets down against Kei Nishikori to keep alive his bid to become the first South Korean to reach the fourth round of the French Open.
Nishikori was leading 7-5,6-4,6-7 (4) , 0-3 when rain stopped play on Saturday. The match will resume Sunday.
It is the first time in the Open era two Asian men have met as late as the third round in a Grand Slam tournament.
Chung has never beaten a top-10 player in six attempts.
But he was making the eighth-seeded Nishikori, the first Asian man to contest a Grand Slam final at the 2014 U. S. Open, look ordinary.
Nishikori had to save a set point in the first set. In the second, the Japanese star appeared to have problems with the same right wrist he had treatment on in his second-round win over Jeremy Chardy.
