MELBOURNE, Australia — The day Sebastian Korda arrived at the Australian Open, he went looking for his father. Specifically, he went looking for the photograph of his father, Petr, holding the trophy here when he was crowned the men’s singles champion in 1998.
“That was a special feeling,” Sebastian Korda said. “I definitely took a lot of photos.”
Twenty years later, it was Sebastian’s turn to pose with an Australian Open trophy. Korda, seeded seventh, saved two set points in the first set on Saturday before winning, 7-6 (6), 6-4, over sixth-seeded Tseng Chun-hsin of Taiwan in the boys’ singles final.