Thanasi Kokkinakis has sent his home-city fans into raptures with a rousing win over top seed Andrey Rublev to keep his Adelaide International 2 title defence very much on track. 7NEWS
Thanasi Kokkinakis has sent his home-city fans into raptures with a rousing win over top seed Andrey Rublev to keep hisKokkinakis overcame an explosive first-set exchange with the chair umpire and the loss of the second set to upset the world No.6 with a sublime serving display on Wednesday night.
“It’s a big part of my game. If I’m serving well, I feel like I have a chance to beat a lot of guys,” a jubilant Kokkinakis said. The 26-year-old had lost five matches against top-10 players in the five years since defeating then world No.1 Roger Federer at the Miami Open. Under huge pressure to defend the rankings points from his winning his maiden ATP Tour title last year in his birthplace, Kokkinakis is set to at least remain in the top 100 after making the quarter-finals once again at the final
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