Tennis: Like father like son, Korda emulates dad 20 years on


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 28 Jan 2018

Tennis - Australian Open - Junior boys' singles final - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 27, 2018. Winner Sebastian Korda of the U.S. poses with the trophy. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Sebastian Korda marked the 20th anniversary of his dad Petr's memorable Australian Open triumph by winning the junior singles tile against Taiwan's Tseng Chun-hsin on Saturday.

And in keeping with family tradition, the Czech celebrated with the same scissor-kicking routine his dad, and coach, performed after beating Chilean Marcelo Rios in 1998.

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