Kopřiva vs Korda

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Form & Context • Tactical Notes • Prediction

Kopřiva vs Korda — Winston-Salem R2

ATP Winston-Salem Hard Court Second Round

🧠 Form & Context

Vit Kopřiva

• 🌍 Breakthrough into Top 100 this season, now around No. 80.
• 🎾 Strong clay resume (21–9 in 2025), improving on hard (11–7).
• ✅ Opened here with a gritty comeback over Ofner (3–6, 6–4, 6–3).
• 📉 Limited main-tour hard-court reps; most success at Challenger level.
• 🆚 H2H: Lost a tight five-setter to Korda at the 2024 Australian Open (1R).

Sebastian Korda

• 🩼 Stop-start 2025 due to fitness, but flashes remain.
• 🎯 Best runs: Miami QF (d. Tsitsipas & Monfils) and Adelaide final (l. Auger-Aliassime).
• 📉 Slams: AO loss to Vukic (5 sets); RG exit to Tiafoe (R3).
• 🇺🇸 Winston-Salem comfort: SF here in 2023; likes these conditions.
• 📊 Season: 11–10 overall, 6–4 on hard.

🔍 Match Breakdown

• Baseline Control: Korda’s serve+forehand can hit through Kopřiva; the Czech leans on rally tolerance and counterpunching.
• Momentum & Confidence: Kopřiva rides a solid R1 comeback; Korda’s rhythm has been intermittent.
• Physical Factor: Longer rallies could test Korda’s fitness; Kopřiva will try to stretch exchanges.
• Conditions: Medium-fast courts aid Korda’s flatter strike more than Kopřiva’s heavier topspin.
• Key Tactical Note: Kopřiva must protect serve (faced 10+ BPs vs Ofner). Too many looks for Korda = scoreboard pressure.

🔮 Prediction

Echoes of their AO clash: Kopřiva competes, but Korda’s bigger tools and the speed of court tilt the edge. Fitness is the wild card keeping it close.

Pick: Korda in 3 sets.