Stepanek impressed with progress Korda has made, believes he's on the 'right path': "I told him the only limits that you will set yourself will be here"

Sebastian Korda has played an incredible Australian Open so far and he'll have a chance to secure the semi-final when he takes on Karen Khachanov.

It's all part of his tremendous start to the season as he almost defeated Novak Djokovic in the Adelaide final. His coach is Radek Stepanke, a former player who was really good and played for a very long time. He himself did not expect such a start to the year by Korda but he believed him capable:

“When you come to these big stages, not only in the second week, but when you play a lot of matches, you’re not going to feel great. I believe that’s what the biggest players in history, and now, are doing when they don’t feel great, they are able to survive matches when they don’t play well."

Stepanek continued:

“In order to do that, it’s easy to say ‘stay positive’, but we know how hard it is to do. If you can get closer to that, it will definitely help, and I believe that Sebi sees how much it is helping him immediately. He’s on the right path to just stay the course and the matches are going to get tougher and tougher, and the demand on his positive [energy] will be higher and higher, and that’s what as a tennis player you want to do, you want to push your luck as high as you can. I told him the only limits that you will set yourself will be here.”