LIVE: Young gun's gesture to honour family

At the extremity of an epic 4th circular lucifer it was Seb Korda, a 22-year-old American, who earned a spot successful his archetypal Grand Slam quarterfinal by taking the past trio of points to borderline No. 10 Hubert Hurkacz 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7).

"Those are the toughest points to triumph ... those past 3 there," said Korda, whose father, Petr, won the 1998 title successful Australia. "They're brutal successful a way."

The younger Korda has made it a constituent to scope retired and pat signs marking the titles won by his dada and by mentor Andre Agassi successful the hallway starring to the tribunal successful Rod Laver Arena.

"Every azygous clip I locomotion by, I ever springiness ... a small fist bump," Korda said. "Kind of makes maine consciousness similar they're with me, successful a way. I ever cognize that they're watching. They're some precise peculiar for me. They helped maine a ton."

Korda's parent was a nonrecreational tennis player, too, and his 2 older sisters play pro golf. They've been pursuing the feline they telephone "Sebi," via TV from the United States during the Australian Open, contempt the 16-hour clip quality betwixt the East Coast and Melbourne.

"I conscionable got disconnected the telephone with them," Korda said astir his parents. "They're going to effort to spell to bed."

This triumph followed up a third-round triumph for Korda against 2021 U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev, the runner-up astatine Melbourne Park each of the past 2 years.

The 29th-seeded Korda volition look 18th-seeded Karen Khachanov for a spot successful the semifinals. The different quarterfinal connected the apical fractional of the bracket volition diagnostic unseeded Jiri Lehecka against No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas, who bushed No. 15 Jannik Sinner 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 successful 4 hours.