US Next Gen rising star Sebastian Korda is currently training under the watchful eye of former Grand Slam champion André Agassi.
Korda posted a video on his Instagram account showing a training session with Agassi. The 20-year-old US player of Czech origin is currently training to prepare for his possible debut in Delray Beach.
Sebastian won the junior title at the 2018 Australian Open. This year he beat Gilles Simon to qualify for the main draw at the Western and Southern Open in New York.
Sebastian Korda is following in the footsteps of his father Petr Korda, who won the Australian Open title in 1998 and reached the French Open final in 1992, and tennis player Regina Rajchrtova. Sebastian grew up playing competive ice hockey, but he decided to switch to tennis at the age of 9 after accompanying his father Petr to the US Open in 2009.
The US player of Czech origin made a step forward in his career last summer, when he qualified for the main draw at the Western and Southern Open in New York by beating Gilles Simon. Korda pushed Denis Shapovalov in a four-set match in the first round at the US Open.
At Roland Garros Sebastian came through the qualifying round to reach the main draw before beating Andreas Seppi and John Isner to get through the third round. He then beat Pedro Martinez becoming the first qualifier to reach the Round of 16 at Roland Garros in nine years. Korda won just four games in his straight-set defeat against 13-time Roland Garros cahmpion Rafael Nadal, but the young US player will never forget this moment.
Agassi played against Sebastian Korda’s father Petr eight times and won seven of his eight head-to-head matches against the former Czech player.
