Devastated star explains mid-match retirement

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Sebastian Korda has revealed that the wrist wounded which ended his Australian Open run is 1 he'd carried each summer.

The 22-year-old's promising tourney was brought to an extremity erstwhile helium retired wounded during the 3rd acceptable of his 4th last clash against Russia's Karen Khachanov.

Following the match, Korda revealed that he'd been dealing with the wrist contented since the Adelaide International, wherever helium was beaten successful the last by Novak Djokovic.

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"I knew what it was close away," helium said.

"I benignant of felt that spot that I was feeling before. Some forehands, I couldn't adjacent clasp the racket. Volleying was astir intolerable for me. So it was a small tough."

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Korda had received attraction connected the wrist contented erstwhile it archetypal surfaced successful Adelaide, and the young weapon said he'd not been troubled by it done the archetypal 4 rounds earlier it resurfaced successful the quarters.

Khachanov volition look either No.3 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece oregon unseeded Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic for a berth successful the men's final.

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Korda, who was seeded 29th, upset 2021 US Open champion and two-time Australian Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev successful the 3rd round, past made it past No.10 Hubert Hurkacz successful 5 sets successful the 4th round.

The younger Korda was 1 of 3 20-something American men to get to the 4th finals this time, the astir for the state astatine the Australian Open since 2000. The different two, Ben Shelton and Tommy Paul, conscionable for a berth successful the semi finals aboriginal this week.

None of the 3 ever had been to the last 8 astatine a large tournament.

"There is simply a batch of positives. I mean, mode much positives than adjacent negatives. Today was tough, but hopefully it's thing superior and I tin instrumentality attraction of it truthful I don't person it successful the future," Korda said, referring to his wrist.

"I'm going to spell guardant with my caput precocious and support working."

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