Sebastian Korda

Korda said he first felt the injury while playing the Adelaide International this month, where he made the final and forced a championship point before ...

“I knew kind of what it was right away, right when I hit the return. You know, I think I can do some really big things in the near future.” “Still a great tournament.

A wrist injury brought Sebastian Korda's promising Australian Open run to an abrupt end, but a 30-year intra-family contest for boasting rights goes on.

Khachanov shaded him in the first set, but Korda toughed it out and a tie-breaker was needed to decide it. I think I can do some really big things in the near future.” But from a mishit return early in the second set, Korda knew he was toast. He plays golf left-handed, like his father, but at tennis is a right-hander like his sisters at golf. But he was bewitched by tennis when he went with his father to the US Open when he was nine to see Czech compatriot Radek Stepanek play Novak Djokovic in a night match on a packed Arthur Ashe. “He’s not even the best all-rounder in his family,” he said. When walking down the Hall of Champions to Rod Laver arena, he makes a point of touching the pillars featuring his father and Andre Agassi, another mentor. “I hit one forehand return and after that it was almost tough to hold the racquet at times.” So Khachanov goes through to his second successive major semi-final and Korda is left to dwell on the fact that although he will leave with a ranking inside his previous high of No. Yeah, just the rest is history.” When she won, she said to her sister on FaceTime: “I’m finally part of the club.” She’s now the world No. The rise of women’s sport has added a layer of intricacy. For the Kordas, who are from the Czech Republic via the US (Petr is still a Czech national), the trail leads to and from Australia, oddly enough.

There have been touching scenes on Rod Laver Arena after American 29th seed became the first player of the tournament to retire because of injury.

So it was a little tough.” So applause to him. 26 Regina Rajchrtova, the brother of former women’s golf world No. Korda has an incredible sporting pedigree as the son of 1998 Australian Open champion Petr Korda and former World No. Volleying was almost impossible for me. In the second set of the match, the 22-year-old Korda had to take a medical time-out after suffering a wrist injury.

Sebastian Korda revealed that he could not even properly hold the racquet during his match against Karen Khachanov at the 2023 Australian Open after ...

However, he expressed hopes of recovering and coming off better in the future. "I had it a little bit in Adelaide a couple weeks ago, but then it went away. I had it in Adelaide and then it went away completely. So it was a little tough," expressed Korda. "I knew kind of what it was right away, right when I hit the return. Korda's impressive run at the Grand Slam Down Under finally came to an end upon retiring from his quarterfinal match against 18th seed Karen Khachanov on Tuesday.