 Sebastian Korda vs. Karin Hashinov is the first Korda final for the men at the Australian Open for 2023. And both guys have had tough matches to get to this stage. Korda started the tournament off as the number 29 seed and would take on Garin in the first round. And after dropping the second set Korda would get through in 4, 6, 4, 1, 6, 6, 3, 6, 2. In the second round he'd take on the qualifier Watanuki and after a close second set Korda would get through in 3, 6, 2, 7, 5, 6, 4. In the third round he'd take on the number 7 seed Mevvedev who had been to the final the two previous Australians opened. After a first set that went to a tie break Korda would eventually prevail in straights 7, 6, 6, 3, 7, 6. In the fourth round he would take on the number 10 seed Hoobi Hercatch who was coming off 2, 5 setters in his previous matches. And after dropping the first set Korda would have to come back for the first time this tournament eventually prevailing in a 5th set tie break 3, 6, 6, 3, 6, 2, 1, 6, 7, 6 to advance to his first Grand Slam quarter final. Hashinov started the tournament off as the number 18 seed and would take on Morales in the first round. And after a first set that went into a tie break he got through in straights 7, 6, 6, 2, 6, love. In the second round he'd take on the wild card Koopla and after playing a 70 shot rally and dropping the second set Hashinov got through in 4, 6, 4, 5, 7, 6, 4, 6, 2. In the third round he'd take on the number 16 seed Tiafo who was looking very, very strong. But Hashinov dismissed him in 4, 6, 3, 6, 4, 3, 6, 7, 6. In the fourth round Hashinov would take on the number 31 seed Nishioca and this was by far the easiest match of Hashinov's tournament. Double bagling in the first two sets to prevail in 3, 6, love, 6, love, 7, 6 to get to another Grand Slam quarter final. These two guys have played three times before with Korda leading the head to head 2-1 having won both their matches in 2022 but the last time they played it a slam was a 5 set epic that Hashinov won at Wimbledon back in 2021. If Korda's going to win this match he's going to have to serve well and he's going to have to keep that variety. We saw it against Medvedev. He came to the net, hit a lot of good shots at the net but he didn't do that as much against her catch which is why the match was so extended compared to the Medi match. If Hashinov is going to win this one he just needs to be consistent. He is pretty much a grinder on the baseline at some points. He's not really like your typical big man, big serving guy. He does have those things but he does let the grind out the rallies and he's going to have to do that if he's going to beat Korda. This is a very interesting matchup because a lot of people thought that we're going to get Medvedev versus Rafa in this Korda final. Instead we've got a couple of random guys but I'm going to go with Korda. I think he's inspired this week. His dad won this tournament 25 years ago and I feel like it's his time to shine and get to his first semi-final but let me know down the comments below. Who do you think is going to win this match?