Thanasi Kokkinakis served up a treat for the home fans at the Adelaide International 2 on Wednesday, when he downed top seed Andrey Rublev to reach the ...
[Tomas Machac](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-machac/m0fh/overview) in the final round of qualifying in Adelaide before beating the Czech as a lucky loser in the first round, converted three of seven break points to register his first victory against Carreno Busta in three tour-level meetings. 15 [Pablo Carreno Busta](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pablo-carreno-busta/cd85/overview) for the second Top 20 win of his career. [Soonwoo Kwon](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/soonwoo-kwon/kf17/overview) also notched a major upset on Wednesday by taking out second seed and World No. Kokkinakis took advantage of an error-strewn first-set display from Rublev to move ahead in the pair’s first tour-level meeting. It’s something that you dream of as a kid, and to play in front of you guys in this atmosphere, it’s incredible.” Kokkinakis held off a mid-match resurgence from Rublev to notch the third Top 10 victory of his career in one hour, 57 minutes.
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.
"He hits the shit out of the ball. "It's a big part of my game. 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.
Thanasi Kokkinakis' dream run at the Adelaide International continues, with the South Australian defeating Miomir Kecmanovic to reach the semifinals.
I got going and played with a lot of freedom in the third.” “I was a bit flat after the second set, but the crowd really gave me some legs. The sixth game of the final set extended 14 minutes as Kokkinakis eventually converted a sixth break point to send the locals into raptures.
Adelaide-born tennis titan and homegrown hero, Thanasi Kokkinakis has powered his way through January 12, in the second week of Adelaide International, ...
“There’s always going to be a lot of noise. “But there is a mountain of work to do.” I got going and played with a lot of freedom in the third.” Today’s win followed victories over Stefanos Tsitsipas in Montreal, and Felix Auger-Aliassime at the US Open. “I was a bit flat after the second set, but the crowd really gave me some legs. Bautista Agut reached the third round of the Australian Open last year before losing to America’s Taylor Fritz in five sets.
Thanasi Kokkinakis said he had minimal sleep before the Adelaide quarter final clash against Miomir Kecman...
I didn't want to use it too much. "I didn't sleep much last night, to be honest, at all. READ MORE:
Thanasi Kokkinakis has produced a second stirring upset in as many days to keep alive his hopes of retaining his home town title at the Adelaide ...
Please click below to help InDaily continue to uncover the facts. Your contribution goes directly to helping our journalists uncover the facts. “I didn’t sleep much after (Wednesday night’s win over Rublev) at all. I just couldn’t sleep for whatever reason.” Badosa will meet world No.8 Daria Kasatkina for a place in the final and a shot at a fourth career title after the Russian bettered Petra Kvitova 6-3 7-6 (7-3) in the quarter-finals. I was tucked away doing my compression boot.
Thanasi Kokkinakis upsets sixth seed Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1 on Thursday and meets fourth seed Bautista Agut for a place in the final.
- Jack Draper beat Karen Khachanov (3): 6-4, 7-6 (3) - SoonWoo Kwon (LL) beat Mikael Ymer (Q): 6-1, 6-2 - Roberto Bautista Agut beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7): 6-3, 6-2
Thanasi Kokkinakis has produced a second upset in as many days to keep hopes of retaining his home Adelaide International 2 title alive.
I just couldn’t sleep for whatever reason.” I was tucked away doing my compression boot. “I didn’t sleep much after (Wednesday night’s win over Rublev) at all. [Tweet from @AdelaideTennis]
Thanasi Kokkinakis continues his giant-killing run in Adelaide, stunning No.1 seed Andrey Rublev to reach the quarterfinals for a second straight year.
It was nevertheless an encouraging week for the world No.148 Australian, who saved two match points to overcome the 38th-ranked Ramos-Vinolas, marking Millman’s his best match win in almost a year. But after Kubler took the first set against Kecmanovic, the world No.29 from Serbia gradually edged ahead. “It’s a big part of my game,” Kokkinakis noted. Miriam Kolodziejova (CZE)/Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) d [1] Storm Hunter (AUS)/Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 4-6 6-4 [10-8] “A ripper bloke as well.” “He’s a hell of a player, ” he commented of Rublev.