Sebastian Korda won a rather tricky third round on Friday at the Australian Open in Melbourne against the former world number 1 Daniil Medvedev. Korda comes from a family of amazing athletes.
During the following on-court interview, Sebastian said: “You know, I don’t know what I’m going to be ranked, but my mom’s career-high was 24, my dad was 2, Nelly was No. 1, my oldest sister, Jessica, was 6, so I’m definitely the worst athlete in the family so far.”
Nelly Korda disagreed with her brother saying: “Honestly, he’s the best. His hand-eye coordination is unbelievable. His swing – I’m jealous of his swing, actually. It’s crazy.
He’s a lefty. He’s a natural righty, but he plays golf lefty. He played hockey lefty. I mean, he grew up playing hockey. He was pretty good at it, too. He skates really nicely, plays golf nicely, plays tennis beautifully.”
Korda at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2023
LWLLWWWWWW Currently ranked no.31, the American achieved a 7-1 match record in 2023. The American is now competing at the Australian Open where he bested the world no.87 Cristian Garin 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2, the world no.138 Yosuke Watanuki 6-2 7-5 6-4 and the world no.8 Daniil Medvedev 7-67 6-3 7-64.
Sebastian Korda will come up against the world no.11 Hubert Hurkacz in the 4th round. The head to head is 1-0 for Hurkacz.
Korda reached the final in Adelaide (Adelaide International 1).
