Rising American star Sebastian Korda has been touted as the future of US men's tennis, and recently spoke on being tutored by tennis legend Andre Agassi.

Currently seeded eighth at the DC Open, Korda is hoping to improve on a subpar season as he ramps up preparations for the upcoming US Open.

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Both men share a special relationship dating back to Korda's father

Agassi played Korda’s father, Petr, in the 1991 Washington final, recording a 6-3 6-4 victory.

“I'm pretty sure Andre was playing night matches every single day and my dad was playing first on at like one o'clock when it was really hot,” Korda said. “And I think Andre just smoked my dad in the final.”

“He's just a very special person to me. He's obviously kind of tennis royalty in a way and just to have someone like that in my corner, I think it's pretty special.

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"He sees life in a different way than everyone else. He's just a very positive, outgoing person, has a massive, massive heart. He'll do absolutely anything for the people that he's close with. He's just a really great human being. Just the way that he sees tennis in a way is very different. He thinks about different things from other people. Kind of what he can do to get a bigger advantage in tennis.”