Moments After Monumental Daniil Medvedev Upset, 23YO American Tennis Star Reveals Winning Feeling Amid Tumultuous Season

The Rolex Shanghai Masters is going on in full swing and what a tournament this has been for the Americans. Two days after Brandon Nakashima’s victory over the world number 5, Holger Rune, another American comes to the show. Sebastian Korda recently beat the world number 3, Daniil Medvedev. In Daniil’s book of agony, Korda is now on the same page as Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. Let’s find out how.

The 27-year-old Russian has been in the limelight with his performance over the last few seasons. He, in fact, held the number one spot in singles for almost 16 weeks. Medvedev is one of the few players to win ATP Masters titles at six different venues. Slowly and steadily he is becoming a name to reckon with outside the ‘Big Three’ and to beat him requires enormous potential.

Sebastian Korda upsets the defending champion Daniil Medvedev in Shanghai

The American outclassed the Russian with a scoreline of 7-6(8), 6-2 in China. The match lasted for less than two hours. To beat Medvedev on a hard court is a tough ask and to beat him in a straight set twice the same year is even tougher. What seemed an ‘interesting’ clash for Medvedev turned out as frustration for him in the end.

The Florida native got a taste of the biggest win of his career on Sunday. This is also his first win against a top 5 opponents. He was ecstatic with this victory and called this one of the biggest victories in his career so far. Later on, he also didn’t forget to thank the crowd for their love, support, and enthusiasm in the match.

Sebastian Korda managed to agitate the world number 3 by taking the pace off the ball to disrupt his opponent’s rhythm. From thrilling rallies to strategic moves, the spectators witnessed an exciting match on Sundayk.

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After defeating Medvedev, Sebastian Korda joins the elite list

Earlier this year, Novak Djokovic clinched his 24th Grand Slam title by defeating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 at the men’s singles final in the US Open 2023. Earlier this year, the 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz forced the current world number 3 to bite the dust after sweeping past the Russian with 6-3,6-2 margin in the Indian Wells ATP Masters 1000. Now Korda joins the elite list. The journey wasn’t easy though for Sebi.

Sebastian Korda got sidelined earlier this season for over three months because of an injury. To make a comeback of this stature after that is quite remarkable. He hails from a tennis family, where his father and mother both have been professional tennis players. Now, he looks forward to achieving heights and making a name of his own in the sport.

Now, Korda will face Francisco Cerundolo in the fourth-round match on October 10. It’ll be exciting to see how far can he go this season. Give your thoughts on this in the comments box.

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