American tennis player Sebastian Korda won the most important title of his career on Sunday after winning the Mubadalca Citi DC Open after coming from behind to beat Italian Flavio Cobolli in the final by 4-6, 6-2 and 6-0. in a match that started two hours late due to rain and after the women’s final was played, with the victory of the Spanish player Paula Badosa.
A very emotional victory in Washington for Korda, as he manages to emulate the victory of his father, the legendary Petr Korda, who had already won the title in 1992 and who, 32 years later, saw his son lift the title in the American capital. Petr and Sebastian Korda thus become the first father and son duo to win the same title on the ATP circuit.
Korda cemented his title with a spectacular comeback, after losing the first set 4-6 and trailing 1-2 in the second, He won eleven consecutive games to complete the comeback by 6-2 and 6-0 and win one of the most special titles of his career thanks also to his success at the net (11 of 17 points) and with a total of 17 winning shots.
In his speech after winning the title, Korda was visibly excited to win a tournament so familiar to him. “I have been coming to this tournament since I was a child. My father used to coach Radek Stepanke, who also won here in 2011. We have a lot of history with this tournament, and one of my big goals was to come here and I hoped to win the tournament and put my name here on the stadium. Now that I have had the opportunity, it is probably the most special moment of my career by far.” A victory that will also allow Korda to climb to 18th place in the rankings, the highest ranking of his career, with a victory achieved in the name of his father, Petr Korda.
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