Sebastian Korda survives Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-3 6-2 1-6 7-6(7) in the 4th round in Melbourne on Sunday after winning a huge battle. Korda will engage against Karen Khachanov in the quarter. The battle lasted 3 hours and 28 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Sebastian added to his prize money $ 217,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 555,250 after this win. If he wins the next match, Sebastian will add $ 369,750 to his earnings to get in total $ 925,000 in total.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Hubert Hurkacz Australian Open – Melbourne
Korda’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1-6 7-67
3h:28
At the end of the match, Sebastian scored 146 points vs. Hubert’s 144.
Korda
Sebastian served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (65/87) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (33/62) on his second serve. Korda won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Hurkacz
On the other side, the Pole was struggling when converting his break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Korda and Hurkacz is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Korda will face Khachanov in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Sebastian Korda and Karen Khachanov fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Korda (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Korda had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was enough for Hubert to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Hurkacz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, the Pole didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. The Pole was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Korda (30-23). Hubert conceded 9 points on serve (21-9). On the other side, Sebastian conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Korda converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Sebastian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Pole (30-21). Korda conceded 6 points on serve (21-6). In addition, on the other side, the Pole conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Korda conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Hubert Hurkacz in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Korda extended his lead after breaking the Pole in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Sebastian won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Sebastian converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Hubert was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 53 points. The American conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Hurkacz (32-21). Sebastian dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, Hubert conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
Hubert was far too good to concede just 1 game before breaking the American 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
Sebastian lost the 6th game (5-1) when he was comfortably leading 40-0. The American had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Hurkacz was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Hubert didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. Hubert was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Korda (31-18). Hubert conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Sebastian conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
The 5th set random the decider was a thriller.
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, the American won a thrilling breaker 10-7 after a huge fight with 17 points played.
Tiebreak
The American won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 10th (7-3), 15th (8-7) and 17th (10-7) point. On the other side, the Pole won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 12th (5-7) and 13th (6-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3, 7-4, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7, 10-7
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Pole was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sebastian won just 2 points more than Hurkacz (44-42). The American conceded 15 points on serve (33-15). On the losing side, Hurkacz conceded 11 points on serve (27-11).
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