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Korda, the son of former world No.2 and 1998
Australian Open champion Petr, made his Grand Slam debut at the
U.S. Open as a wildcard last year.
The 20-year-old was ranked 213th before Roland Garros but has
climbed to 119th and is on track to break the top 100 soon
thanks to his exploits at the ATP 250 event in Florida, where he
will face fourth seed Hubert Hurkacz in the final.
"For me the biggest thing was kind of getting my consistency
up," said Korda, whose sisters Nelly and Jessica play on the
LPGA Tour, the elite women's golf circuit.
"Before I'd kind of missed the balls that I don't miss now. So
it's super big for me to be playing these matches and kind of
just getting a feel for my body, growing into my body and kind
of building myself out both tennis wise and physically."
His run in Paris was ended by his idol Rafa Nadal and despite
losing 6-1 6-1 6-2 to the Spaniard Korda says it was a "big step
in the right direction" for his career.
Korda ended the 2020 season with his first ATP Challenger Tour
title and spent two weeks in training in Las Vegas under former
world number one Andre Agassi.
He said he was having "a lot of fun" with his family at the
tournament.
"If someone told me that I'd be in the finals of my first ATP
event here at the start of the week, I'd be thrilled," he added.
"I don't see why not to have a good smile on my face."
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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