The son of the 1998 Australian Open champion played a bizarre winning ball in the fifth set. After a long exchange, he suddenly stopped playing because he thought the ball ended up in the car. But he realized in time that this was not a car, and instinctively sent a short to the other side.
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At that moment, however, the Frenchman, who did not even understand what had just happened, did not play. He protested to the judge that such a point could not apply. But nothing went against the rules and the shift took Korda, who eventually won the entire almost five-hour marathon.
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According to family tradition, he celebrated the triumph with a scissor-legged jump.
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Kord’s debut at the first grand slam of the season will continue in the third round, in which he will face nineteen Pablo Carreň Busta.
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