Tennis Sebastian Korda stunned two-time losing finalist Danil Medvedev at
the Australian Open on Friday. The 31st-ranked American, son of 1998
Australian Open champion Petr Korda, blasted past the seventh seed 7-6
(9/7), 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) on Rod Laver Arena to race into the last 16. Korda’s
upset teed up a clash with Polish 10th seed Hubert Hurkacz — who battled
past Canada’s Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3 — for a place
in the quarter-finals.”An unbelievable match, I sort of knew what I had to
do and I stuck with it even when I was going up and down with the
emotions,” said the 22-year-old Korda, adding that his game plan was “just
go for it”.”I’m thrilled right now, I played amazing.”Medvedev was a losing
finalist at the last two Australian Opens, to Novak Djokovic in 2021 and
then in a demoralising five-set defeat 12 months ago against Rafael Nadal
after leading by two sets. He was attempting to become only the fourth man
in the Open era to reach three consecutive Melbourne Park finals after
Djokovic, Mats Wilander and Ivan Lendl
the Australian Open on Friday. The 31st-ranked American, son of 1998
Australian Open champion Petr Korda, blasted past the seventh seed 7-6
(9/7), 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) on Rod Laver Arena to race into the last 16. Korda’s
upset teed up a clash with Polish 10th seed Hubert Hurkacz — who battled
past Canada’s Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3 — for a place
in the quarter-finals.”An unbelievable match, I sort of knew what I had to
do and I stuck with it even when I was going up and down with the
emotions,” said the 22-year-old Korda, adding that his game plan was “just
go for it”.”I’m thrilled right now, I played amazing.”Medvedev was a losing
finalist at the last two Australian Opens, to Novak Djokovic in 2021 and
then in a demoralising five-set defeat 12 months ago against Rafael Nadal
after leading by two sets. He was attempting to become only the fourth man
in the Open era to reach three consecutive Melbourne Park finals after
Djokovic, Mats Wilander and Ivan Lendl
