Tennis-Pouille reels in Coric to make first Melbourne ４半期/4分の1-final
By Ian 身代金
MELBOURNE, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Lucas Pouille 決起大会／結集させるd from a 始める，決める 負かす／撃墜する to 打ち勝つ Borna Coric 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 7-6(2) and 前進する to the Australian Open ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦 for the first time on Monday, decisively banishing his dreadful 記録，記録的な／記録する at Melbourne Park.
The French 28th seed had never won a match in five previous trips to Melbourne but he will now play off for a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in a maiden Grand 激突する 半分-final against Canadian serving machine Milos Raonic.
Former world number 10 Pouille has knocked on the door at the majors before, making 支援する-to-支援する ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦 at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 2016.
But the 24-year-old talent failed to get past the third 一連の会議、交渉／完成する at any of the 激突するs last year.
"It's good to be 支援する in the ４半期/4分の1s. That's where I want to be," Pouille told reporters.
"Borna is 11 or 12 in the world. So if you want to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 those 肉親，親類d of guys, 明白に you have to play some good tennis.
"I'm sure I can be better, much better, but I'm on a good road, and we are going to still work to be better."
Pouille has turned to compatriot Amelie Mauresmo, a 二塁打 Grand 激突する 支持する／優勝者 and former coach of Andy Murray, to help him 押し進める for the sport's biggest prizes.
He said one of their goals was to get him to mix his game up a bit more with the workaday baseline 続けざまに猛撃するing.
"And to be more 一貫した, 特に from the baseline," he 追加するd.
"When you don't have to go for it, then you have to be 患者 and try to play some good 発射s in the good zones. We have been working a lot on this, so it worked pretty good today."
The Frenchman made hard work of the fourth 始める，決める, 許すing 11th seed Coric to break 支援する and drag the match into a tiebreak in the twilight at Melbourne 円形競技場.
He raised his game when it 事柄d, however, flicking a delightful 高く弓形に打ち返す over Coric to move within two points of victory.
He earned four match points when Coric netted a ボレー and conv erted the first of them when the Croat 大打撃を与えるd a 発射 over the baseline.
"We worked very hard during the pre-season and during the beginning of the year, so I think, as we say, hard work 支払う／賃金s off," said Pouille. (Editing by John O'Brien and Ian Chadband)
