Sebastian Korda is extremely confident for his grass court campaign stating that he feels he is one of the favorites to win Wimbledon despite Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz’s dominance.
It is only the 22-year-old’s 4th ATP tournament since February, and he is competing at the Cinch Championships at Queen’s. Korda missed three months on the Tour due to a wrist injury after making it all the way to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open back in January. When he started playing competitive tennis again, the American only had modest success on the clay, winning just one of his four games, a match he played against Mackenzie McDonald in the French Open’s first round.
On the grass, though, Korda seems considerably more at home. He eliminated fourth seed Frances Tiafoe at Queen’s on Wednesday by scores of 7-6(2), 6-3. He also defeated Dan Evans in straight sets earlier in the event.
Sebastian commented: “I’m very confident in myself on the grass court. I move really well and definitely have a game that not very many people have,” Korda said following his win over Tiafoe. “I’m an aggressive player, I like to come to the net, I have good hands, and I definitely feel as if I’m one of the favorites at Wimbledon.”
"I feel as if I'm one of the favourites at Wimbledon"
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— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) June 22, 2023
Korda in London, ranking, and results in 2023
Now ranked no.32, the American has achieved a composed 11-5 win-loss record in 2023. Korda is playing in London where he defeated the world no.25 Daniel Evans 6-4 7-5 and the world no.10 Frances Tiafoe 7-62 6-3.
Sebastian Korda will fight against the world no.13 Cameron Norrie in the quarter. Their record is 2-1 for Korda.
Korda was the runner-up in Adelaide (Adelaide International 1).
Korda will play next at the Wimbledon (Wimbledon). He will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 3rd of July.
Novak Djokovic in 2023
Currently ranked no.1, the Serbian played his last match on the 11th of June when he overcame world no.4 Casper Ruud 7-6(1) 6-3 7-5 in the final of the French Open to win his 94th career title.
Currently, during this season Djokovic achieved a composed 27-4 match record. The Serbian conquered 3 titles in 2023 in Adelaide, Australian Open and French Open.
Djokovic has scheduled to play next at the Wimbledon (Wimbledon). He will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 3rd of July.
Sebastian Korda and Novak Djokovic clashed against each other just 1 time. Their head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic. When they played, Novak Djokovic won 6-7(8) 7-6(3) 6-4 in the final in Adelaide (Adelaide International 1) on the 8th of January 2023.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
Alcaraz in London, ranking, and results in 2023
Currently the world no.2, Carlos has managed to achieve a compiled 36-4 record in 2023. The Spaniard is playing in London where he beat the world no.83 Arthur Rinderknech 4-6 7-5 7-63.
Carlos Alcaraz will face the world no.36 Jiri Lehecka in the 2nd round on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Centre Court. They have never competed against each other till now on the main tour.
Alcaraz clinched 4 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona and Madrid. Alcaraz was the finalist in Rio de Janeiro (Rio Open).
Alcaraz won 10 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts and 7 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)