Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis claims one of the biggest scalps of his career as he stuns world number six Andrey Rublev at the Adelaide International 2.
abc.net.au/news/kokkinakis-scores-upset-win-over-rublev/101846870Thanasi 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 on track.His victory over world number 6 Andrey Rublev is one of the biggest of his career
Kokkinakis overcame an explosive first-set exchange with the chair umpire and the loss of the second set to upset the world number 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," Kokkinakis said.
Kokkinakis will play Miomir Kecmanovic for a place in the last four after the Serb eliminated fellow Australian Jason Kubler 5-7, 7-6 , 6-4.
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