Tennys Sandgren accused the media of "demonising" him in a pre-prepared monologue following his Australian Open quarter-final defeat and refused to answer any more questions about his political beliefs. Sandgren insisted who he followed or retweeted on Twitter did not represent who he is but subsequently deleted all his messages on the social media platform bar one. After losing 6-4 7-6 (7/5) 6-3 to Chung Hyeon, Sandgren walked into the press conference room stony-faced before reading the monologue off his phone. "You dehumanise with pen and paper and turn neighbour against neighbour. In so doing, you may actually find you’re hastening the hell you wish to avoid, the hell we all wish to avoid.

Source: Evening echo January 24, 2018 10:41 UTC