Resilient Korda stuns Alcaraz in Miami Open after almost letting advantage slip

• American beats No 1 seed 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 at Miami Open

• ‘Sebi was incredible today. Played such a great game’

An hour after his first catastrophic attempt at snuffing out the best player in the world, Sebastian Korda stepped up to the baseline to serve for his rollercoaster third-round match against Carlos Alcaraz once again.

It would have been reasonable for the American to feel his tension even more profoundly, to collapse even more dramatically, but his determination won through. In front of his home crowd in his home state, Korda kept his head and held his nerve to close out the greatest upset of the ATP season and his career, defeating the top seed Alcaraz 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in the third round of the Miami Open.