Korda brushes aside lack of preparation to progress in Melbourne

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Sebastian Korda's disrupted build-up to the Australian Open did not appear to hinder his performance in the first round of the Grand Slam as he dispatched British number one Cameron Norrie with relative ease on Monday.The unseeded American tested positive for COVID-19 after landing in Adelaide earlier thi

Sebastian Korda's disrupted build-up to the Australian Open did not appear to hinder his performance in the first round of the Grand Slam as he dispatched British number one Cameron Norrie with relative ease on Monday.

"I tested two days before I came to Australia, day before I came, and then on arrival I had a positive test. Luckily no symptoms, which was great for me... I tried to play tennis. It didn't work out in some situations. Norrie's preparations were also disrupted after contracting COVID-19 over the Christmas break but the Briton said he could not work out specifically what went wrong despite feeling good physically.

 

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