Sebastian Korda

His father, Petr Korda, won the Australian Open tennis tournament in 1998, while his older sisters, Jessica and Nelly, have each won an Australian Open golf ...

“It was an unbelievable match, I kind of knew what I had to do,” Korda said. Korda won 72% of the points on his first serve while converting 5-of-10 break points. “Hopefully it’s not still going by the time I’m up. Korda, the No. Ben Shelton, the former University of Florida star, faces wildcard Alexei Popyrin, who took out the highest-ranked American, No. two years after his father won the title, joked on court after taking a major step toward winning his own Australian Open by defeating No.

Sebastian Korda jokes that he is still the worst athlete in his family despite downing Daniil Medvedev in straight sets at the Australian Open.

so I'm definitely the worst athlete in the family so far" "Hopefully I can do one better than the juniors and do it in the pros." "Probably one of the better matches I've played in my career," Korda said.

Sebastian Korda's attacking tennis carried him past No 7-seeded Medvedev 7-6 (7), 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the Australian Open's third round on Friday night.

After Medvedev made it 40-30 with a forehand winner, Korda got a chance to hit a seemingly simple volley to take the game. With the match a fraction longer than two and a half hours old, Korda was serving while ahead 4-3, 40-15 in the third set. A netted backhand then completed the gift-wrapped break, and one love hold later, Medvedev had accumulated eight consecutive points to go up 5-4. Korda broke Medvedev – who said afterward his right wrist and forearm were bothering him – the first time he served in each set. He even threw in the occasional drop shot, for good measure. “I’m growing as a person, as a player.

Sebastian Korda has kept alive his hopes of matching his father Petr's Australian Open title heroics with a huge upset of dual finalist Daniil Medvedev.

Three of them are ranked in the top 10. “To be honest with you, I like the atmosphere here … But the spoiler of hype held his nerve. Tiafoe fought back in the third. He wore colourful clothes while cajoling the crowd into a frenzy. Medvedev pounced and quickly levelled the set at four-all, only for Korda to break once more, then give it straight back. Tiafoe has matured into a hot prospect on the tour. “In a way, I think it was a top match, where he was just better than me. “That’s tough because probably that’s something about confidence, like being in the zone, and I wasn’t there tonight. I played not at all bad, but just a little bit below what I had to do to win,” Medvedev said. Whenever they’re doing well; you want to do it the next week even better. Medvedev has departed before the quarter-finals at his past three grand slams after ascending to the top ranking twice last year.