Sebastian Korda, the 20-year-old son of the former Australian Open champion Petr Korda, will aim for a first Tour title.
Hubert Hurkacz will aim for a second ATP title for his Winston Salem crown in 2019. AFP
The fourth Hubert Hurkacz finished Christian Harrison’s Cinderella run at the ATP Delray Beach Open on Tuesday and booked a final showdown with the American Sebastian Korda.
The Pole Hurkacz defeated Harrison 7: 6 (7th place) : 4) and 6: 4, while Korda, a former junior world champion, reached his first ATP Tour final with a 6: 3, 7: 5 semi-final win against the Briton Cameron Norrie.
« I’m very happy to win that game today, « said 23-year-old Hurkacz, who is 35th in the world. « I mean, Christian played pretty great throughout the tournament.
» He qualified here and had his best results on the ATP Tour. Especially after all that he’s been through, all of the surgeries, it’s really great for him. He played a really great match. «
Harrison, ranked 789 in the world, overthrew Chilean top seed Cristian Garin to reach the quarter-finals.
He recovered from an early break in the second set – the first break of the game – but Hurkacz broke it again to regain the advantage and ended the game.
Korda, the 20-year-old son of former Australian Open champion Petr Korda, becomes a first Tour title
Against Norrie, Korda served 5: 4 for the match in the second set, but left two match points begging – one with a double fault.
Two games later there was no mistake when he won one Hour and 22 minutes ended.
« I’m cheered right now, I couldn’t be happier, » said Korda, ranked 119th in the world – 45 places below Norrie.
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Punishment would only be decided after a full hearing. The ITF said Yastremska had a right to appeal but had not yet done so.
The biggest event missing from the schedule is the WTA-ATP joint hard court tournament in Indian Wells, California.
The world’s leading tennis players are expected to arrive in Melbourne from January 15 and will have to be in hotel quarantine for 14 days, although they will be allowed to train in a bio-safe bladder for a limited time each day.
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