Delray Beach
\n Korda upsets Ruud, returns to Delray Beach SFs<\/p>\n
American to face Cobolli in last four<\/p>\n
February 20, 2026<\/p>\n
Andrew Patron\/BigShots Photo<\/p>\n
Sebastian Korda defeated Casper Ruud on Friday in Delray Beach.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Sebastian Korda<\/a> held his nerve on Saturday at the Delray Beach Open<\/a>, delivering a composed performance to upset second seed Casper Ruud<\/a> 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.<\/p>\n With his two-hour, six-minute win over the Norwegian, the American advanced to his first semi-final at the tournament since 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cI tried battling as much as I could,\u201d Korda said. \u201cLuckily, I found some form and started playing really well after that [first set].\u201d<\/p>\n After an error-strewn opening set in which he hit 17 unforced errors, Korda took control of the match in the second set. He swung the momentum with a gutsy break at 3-2, fighting back from 40\/0 on Ruud\u2019s serve. He claimed another break in the eighth game, clinching the set emphatically with a forehand return winner. In the third set, he secured an early break with a stunning volley and finished having won 24 of 29 points at the net. The 25-year-old fired 10 aces and won 72 per cent (34\/47) of his first-serve points according to ATP Infosys Stats.<\/p>\n The American will face third seed Flavio Cobolli<\/a> for a place in the final. Cobolli defeated Coleman Wong<\/a> 7-5, 6-7(7), 6-2 in two hours and 14 minutes to deny the 21-year-old his first tour-level semi-final. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delray Beach Korda upsets Ruud, returns to Delray Beach SFs American to face Cobolli in last four February…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-481060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}