Updated On: 16 March, 2018 02:39 PM IST | Indian Wells | IANS
Chung put up a good fight in the first set despite Federer taking an early 3-0 lead, a feat the Swiss repeated in the second set, meeting with less resistance from Chung


Roger Federer
Swiss tennis great Roger Federer beat South Korea's Hyeon Chung 7-5, 6-1 in one hour and 23 minutes to reach the semi-finals of the Indian Wells tournament in the US, the first Masters 1000 competition of the season. He will meet Croatia's 21-year-old Borna Coric, the world no. 49, who upset South Africa's Kevin Anderson 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) earlier on Thursday in two hours and 23 minutes to make his first Masters 1000 semi-final, reports Efe.