"The second set was key" - Korda after win over Thiem

Sebastian Korda won a thrilling match against Dominic Thiem in Antwerp to move on to the second final in two weeks.

Korda was in action last week playing in Gijon and he did really well reaching the final but Andrey Rublev played better winning it. Now he'll have another chance in another final in Antwerp as he defeated Dominic Thiem in three sets to get.

It was ac lose battle and Korda was happy the way it went:

“I am very happy. It was a great battle between both of us. I think every single game in the first set we were 30/30 and couldn’t get through the barrier. I think the second set was key. A lot of breaks in that set, but I just stayed calm and confident."

He proved very calm in the final set tiebreak taking it 7-4 and moving. He admitted that it's very hard to prepare for something like that but he's happy with the way he handled it:

“You can never really prepare for a final-set tie-break but I am pleased with how I stayed calm and confident.”