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 of number eight and twice helped the Czech Republic capture the Davis Cup before stepping into the role of a coach and working with the likes of Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov.
"It's a beautiful circle of life that after Petr coached me for so long I'm now in Sebi's camp," Stepanek, who began working with the younger Korda last year, told reporters. "On the tennis court there are small things you work on day in day out but at Grand Slams and the big tournaments the mental side is more important than any shot in the game. That's what I have been working since I joined his team," Stepanek said.
Stepanek said it was a matter of time until Korda, who has never gone past the quarter-final of a major and meets Russia's Karen Khachanov on Tuesday, would show his quality on the grandest stage and win a title.
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