Sebastian Korda beat compatriot Brandon Nakashima in five sets on Friday to become the first American to reach the final at the Next Gen ATP Finals.
He'll face top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz in Saturday's final, after the Spanish teenager beat Sebastian Baez of Argentina in straight sets. It will be the first meeting between the two.
The 21-year-old Korda, the son of 1998 Australian Open champion Petr Korda, was the favorite to win the all-American semifinal but struggled to find his rhythm before prevailing 4-3 , 2-4, 1-4, 4-2, 4-2. "Brandon's such an incredible player. We've practised so many times together so we know each other's game pretty well," Korda said."I was kind of losing my patience and my mind a little but then I gathered it all together in the fourth and fifth set and started being a lot more aggressive and it worked out really well for me."The only time the 18-year-old Alcaraz appeared to struggle was in the penultimate game of the match, when he faced three break points.
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