With Family Ties, Korda of US Heads to Wimbledon’s 4th Round

With Family Ties, Korda of US Heads to Wimbledon’s 4th Round
Sebastian Korda of the United States celebrates winning the men's singles third round match against Britain's Daniel Evans on day five of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, on July 2, 2021. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo
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WIMBLEDON, England—When Sebastian Korda struck his last competitive shot as a 20-year-old—an overhead winner that closed out a third-round victory over Wimbledon’s No. 22 seed on Fridaythe American raised both arms, then doubled over and rested his hands on his knees.

Up in a Centre Court guest box, the body language of his father, 1998 Australian Open champion Petr, was strikingly similar. Arms in the air, then leaning forward, reaching for the railing in front of his seat.