Sebastian Korda had to retire at dawn on Tuesday, when he was losing 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 3-0 in the third set of the quarterfinal match against the Russian Karen Khachanova. The fight was too uphill and the pain he suffered in his right wrist did not allow him to advance.
“I couldn’t hold the racket anymore”explained the 22-year-old American player (July 5, 2000, Bradenton, Florida). “I hit a forehand on the serve, early in the second set, then sometimes I couldn’t hold the racket anymore”He revealed, making sure that something similar happened to him in Adelaide.
“I had an alert in Adelaide (pre-Australian Open tournament), but it went away and I had no problem in the tournament until then.”he pointed out, still not sure what it was, something he stressed he needed to “see a doctor” immediately.
The young player was playing in the quarterfinals of a full Australian Open at the age of 22, so despite the injury he preferred to take the positive side of things: “I played very well and probably no player wants to play with me now. I really believed in myself. I’ll keep my head up and keep working.”, he pointed out. It is not for less. To reach the quarterfinals, he defeated the double finalist Daniel Medvedev in three sets and beat the world number 11 Hubert Hurkacz in the ‘tie break’. , he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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