MELBOURNE : Coaching one of the brightest young names of the men's game can come with unique challenges, but Radek Stepanek has been helped in his partnership with Sebastian Korda as he shares the same 'tennis DNA' having worked under the American's father.Stepanek, 44, reached a career-high world ranking
MELBOURNE : Coaching one of the brightest young names of the men's game can come with unique challenges, but Radek Stepanek has been helped in his partnership with Sebastian Korda as he shares the same 'tennis DNA' having worked under the American's father.
Having been coached by Petr Korda for over a decade, Stepanek has taken the former Australian Open champion's son Sebastian under his wing, and will aim to help the 22-year-old quarter-finalist go further at this year's tournament in his bid to emulate his father. "It helped me a lot that I have Petr's DNA as a tennis player so I think he can sleep peacefully that I'm not going to inject anything other than what I've learnt from him. Little tweaks here and there but basically I have that DNA too.Stepanek said working on the mental aspect of the game had delivered early results in the partnership as Korda showed by nearly toppling Djokovic in the Adelaide International 1 final before heading to Melbourne Park.
"I believe you'll see compared to last year changes in how Sebi is handling himself on the tennis court. I think that's the biggest improvement he's made and he's getting early results."
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