Rising tennis star Sebastian Korda has been deemed an underdog to capture the 2023 Wimbledon title, and the American recently spoke about his recovery following a wrist injury.

Korda was sidelined for three months after suffering the injury earlier this year, and worked hard to recover his strength and conditioning in time for the grass-court season.

The 22-year old spent time working not just to improve just his game, but his physical abilities as well. He hit the weight room, and revealed he had gained an impressive 7kg of muscle during his time off.

“I definitely feel a lot faster out on the court,” said Korda. “I think I move a lot better. So I don’t think I lost anything. I’m stable a lot more. I was very tall and kind of skinny and I could be all over the place sometimes. So [it was] just kind of making myself stronger again and really making sure everything’s stable and ready to go. My butt got a little bigger as well.

“Jez Green (his new strength coach) is experienced with very tall players with Murray and Zverev. Very, very tall guys who move incredibly well so I think it was a great addition for me and I think it’s really paying off.

“For every surface, [Jez] kind of has a preparation on how to get comfortable on the surface and really get your feet going.”