Thursday’s Order of Play to Begin at 10 a.m. (PST) at Barnes Tennis Center
SAN DIEGO – (January 28, 2026) – It wasn’t easy, but top-seeded Sebastian Korda saved his best tennis for last as he got past fellow American Daniel Milavsky 6-4, 7-5 in one-hour and 29 minutes to move into the men’s singles second-round of the Better Buzz Coffee San Diego Open.
Playing before a large Stadium Court crowd on a mostly cloudy afternoon at Barnes Tennis Center, Korda and Milavsky were locked in a hard-hitting baseline battle, but with Milavsky serving at 4-5 to stay in the opening set, Korda scored a key service break to secure the first set.
As both players raised the level of their games, the entertaining second set was even after the first 10 games. At 5-5, Korda held serve for a 6-5 lead and then once again, came through with a critical break of serve in the last game of the set to win the match.
Korda played the ATP 250 tournament at Barnes Tennis Center in 2021. He defeated American Tommy Paul 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 in the first-round before falling to Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 6-4 in the second round. This year, Korda was happy to return to San Diego and get the opportunity to play some matches.
“This is a great tournament. I love San Diego. I went to the USS Midway a couple of days ago. This is a cool place to be. The weather is probably the best in the States right now, especially where it’s cold everywhere,” Korda said.
“I just wanted to stay in a competitive mind-set. I had a long five-week preseason and three hard-court tournaments,” he added. “I didn’t want to go home and just practice again and get back in the same cycle. I wanted to keep playing matches and enjoy myself as much as I can.”
Korda, who is currently ranked No. 53 in the ATP singles rankings, will take on compatriot Andre Ilagan on Thursday in the third match scheduled on Stadium Court.
In other men’s first-round singles action, San Diego-based touring professionals Zachary Svajdaand Keegan Smith won their matches to advance to Thursday’s second-round.
The fourth-seeded Svajda eliminated American qualifier Evan Zhu 6-2, 6-4 in 72 minutes earlier in the day on Stadium Court. Later in the afternoon, the unseeded Smith scored a thrilling 6-3, 7-6 (6) victory over Raphael Perot of France in one-hour and 38 minutes on Court 1. Smith and Svajda will meet in a second-round match on Thursday for a spot in Friday’s quarterfinals.
Eighth-seeded Kayla Day, a former USTA Billie Jean King Girls’ 18s National Champion, highlighted play in the women’s singles draw as she defeated Katie Swan of Great Britain 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-2 in two-hours and 40 minutes on Court 1.
Day will take on American wild card entrant Jennifer Brady in Thursday’s second-round. Brady, who was ranked a career-high No. 13 in the world, reached the Australian Open singles final in 2021 and the US Open singles semifinals in 2020.
Matches will begin at 10 a.m., through Friday, January 30, and at noon on Saturday, January 31 and Sunday, February 1. Gates at Barnes Tennis Center will open one hour before the first match each day.
Tickets are now on sale at: https://barnessdopen.com/tickets. Ticket prices range from $25 for General Admission to early-round matches to $45 for Reserved Seating on the final weekend.
All Youth 17 & under will receive free General Admission Grounds Access through Saturday, January 31 with a ticketed adult.
Better Buzz Coffee San Diego Open
Results – Wednesday, 28 January 2026
Men’s Singles – Round of 32
[4] Zachary Svajda (USA) d [Q] Evan Zhu (USA) 62 64
[1] [WC] Sebastian Korda (USA) d Daniel Milavsky (USA) 64 75
Bernard Tomic (AUS) d [Q] Felix Corwin (USA) 76(6) 63
[Alt] Keegan Smith (USA) d [Alt] Raphael Perot (FRA) 63 76(6)
[2] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) d [Q] Stefan Dostanic (USA) 26 63 62
[3] Patrick Kypson (USA) d Tyler Zink (USA) 76(5) 61
[5] Sho Shimabukuro (JPN) d Stefan Kozlov (USA) 62 46 76(5)
Garrett Johns (USA) d [Q] Karl Poling (USA) 62 76(5)
Andre Ilagan (USA) d [Q] Fryderyk Lechno-Wasiutynski (POL) 61 75
[Alt] Andrew Fenty (USA) d [Q] Bor Artnak (SLO) 62 75
Men’s Doubles – Round of 16
[WC] Trevor Svajda (USA)/Zachary Svajda (USA) d Alan Magadan (MEX)/Noah Schachter (USA) 64 61
Scott Duncan (GBR)/James Mackinlay (GBR) d Calum Puttergill (AUS)/Ryan Seggerman (USA) 46 76(5) 10-8
[1] Diego Hidalgo (ECU)/Patrik Trhac (USA) d [WC] William Kleege (USA)/Noah Zamora (USA) 64 62
[3] Trey Hilderbrand (USA)/Mac Kiger (USA) d Joshua Sheehy (USA)/Tyler Zink (USA) 64 64
Finn Bass (GBR)/Ben Jones (GBR) d Juan Jose Bianchi (VEN)/Daniel Milavsky (USA) 36 63 10-5
ORDER OF PLAY – THURSDAY, 29 JANUARY 2026
Stadium – start 10:00
Trevor Svajda (USA) vs [6] Liam Draxl (CAN)
[Alt] Keegan Smith (USA) vs [4] Zachary Svajda (USA)
[1] [WC] Sebastian Korda (USA) vs Andre Ilagan (USA)
ITF MATCH
Court 1 – start 10:00
ITF MATCH
ITF MATCH
ITF MATCH
Bernard Tomic (AUS) vs [2] Rinky Hijikata (AUS)
Court 2 – start 10:00
[3] Patrick Kypson (USA) vs Garrett Johns (USA)
[Alt] Blaise Bicknell (JAM) vs [7] [WC] Colton Smith (USA)
[1] Diego Hidalgo (ECU) / Patrik Trhac (USA) vs Finn Bass (GBR) / Ben Jones (GBR)
[WC] Trevor Svajda (USA) / Zachary Svajda (USA) vs [2] Finn Reynolds (NZL) / James Watt (NZL)
Court 3 – start 10:00
Toby Samuel (GBR) vs Mitchell Krueger (USA)
[5] Sho Shimabukuro (JPN) vs [Alt] Andrew Fenty (USA)
Scott Duncan (GBR) / James Mackinlay (GBR) vs [3] Trey Hilderbrand (USA) / Mac Kiger (USA)
[4] George Goldhoff (USA) / Reese Stalder (USA) vs Garrett Johns (USA) / Karl Poling (USA)
WOMEN’S ORDER OF PLAY – THURSDAY, 29 JANUARY 2026
WOMEN’S DRAWS & RESULTS
