American Sebastien Korda spoke about the hand injury, which forced him to finish the match with the Russian earlier than expected Karen Khachanov in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
In the match, which took place on Tuesday, Korda gave up the fight in the third set with the score 7:6 (6:3), 6:3, 3:0 in favor of the 26-year-old Russian, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals for the first time in his career.
I couldn’t hold the racquet anymore. At the start of the second set, I hit the right hand in response to the serve, after which sometimes I couldn’t hold the racket. I felt it in Adelaide (pre-Australian Open tournament), but it’s gone, before that I had no problem in Melbourne.
I played very well and probably not a single player wanted to play with me now. I believed in myself. I will keep moving forward with my head held high and keep working,” Korda Mundo Deportivo quote.
Khachanov will face the winner of the match between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and Czech Jiri Legechka in the Australian Open semi-finals.
El Mundo Deportivo
Source : MatchTV

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