How to open a link in new tab (chrome) using Selenium WebDriver?

this below code works for me in Selenium 3 and chrome version 58.

    WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();    driver.get("http://yahoo.com");      ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("window.open()");    ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String>(driver.getWindowHandles());    driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1));    driver.get("http://google.com");

I checked with below code and it works fine for me. I found answer from here.

    driver = new ChromeDriver();    driver.manage().window().maximize();                String baseUrl = "http://www.google.co.uk/";    driver.get(baseUrl);    driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("body")).sendKeys(Keys.CONTROL +"t");    ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String> (driver.getWindowHandles());    driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1)); //switches to new tab    driver.get("https://www.facebook.com");        driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(0)); // switch back to main screen            driver.get("https://www.news.google.com");

I have tried other techniques, but none of them worked, also no error produced, but when I have used the code below, it worked for me.

((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("window.open()");ArrayList<String> tabs = new ArrayList<String>(driver.getWindowHandles());driver.switchTo().window(tabs.get(1));driver.get("http://google.com");