Tennys Sandgren said that the controversy did not affect him during his quarterfinal match against Chung Hyeon. (Source: Reuters) Tennys Sandgren said that the controversy did not affect him during his quarterfinal match against Chung Hyeon. (Source: Reuters)An angry Tennys Sandgren slammed journalists for “demonising” him with “sensationalist” reporting on his social media links to right-wing activists but said the controversy had not affected him during his Australian Open quarter-final loss to South Korea’s Chung Hyeon. “You seek to put people in these little boxes so that you can order the world in your already assumed preconceived ideas,” Sandgren read from the statement. His stunning achievement was completely overshadowed by the controversy, though it had not thrown him off when playing Chung, he insisted.

Source: Indian Express January 24, 2018 10:41 UTC