Thanasi Kokkinakis serves up a surprising victory within the opening spherical of the US Open 2024 males’s singles competitors.
New York, USA, 28 August 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Thanasi Kokkinakis has scored a surprising upset within the opening spherical of the US Open 2024 males’s singles competitors.
The 28-year-old Australian knocked out world No.11 Stefanos Tsitsipas at Flushing Meadows at this time, recording a formidable 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 7-5 victory.
“I had a five-set battle with him a few years in the past on the Australian Open and I used to be anticipating a warfare,” Kokkinakis mentioned in his post-match interview.
“It was bodily on the market and I generally tend to generally drag these matches on and have some actual lengthy battles, however I simply tried to remain targeted, keep the course and simply tried to play each level.”
It is just Kokkinakis’ second main-draw win at Flushing Meadows and his first since 2019.
“I’ve by no means felt like I’ve performed my greatest tennis right here, which is shocking as a result of it ought to swimsuit me and my sport,” mentioned Kokkinakis, who was a US Open boys’ singles finalist in 2013.
He was thrilled to buck that pattern in opposition to Tsitsipas, crediting a coaching block in Florida earlier this month for his excessive degree.
“It’s my greatest win at a Grand Slam for positive,” he mentioned. “A number of arduous work has gone into it, (in addition to) simply staying constructive and competing my nuts off actually.”
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After clinching the most important win of his Grand Slam singles profession, world No.86 Kokkinakis celebrated by falling onto his again.
“I imply, it’s a bit embarrassing doing it after a primary spherical however I’ll take it,” he mentioned.
“I’ve had a pair, so much, of arduous losses after I’ve been in profitable positions, in order that was all reduction. That one meant so much, so I’m tremendous excited.”
That is Kokkinakis’ third top-20 win at a Grand Slam match. He beat world No.13 Ernests Gulbis as a teenage wildcard at Australian Open 2015 after which saved 4 match factors to get rid of world No.17 Felix Auger-Aliassime within the opening spherical at Wimbledon final month.
Kokkinakis, who subsequent faces world No.34 Nuno Borges of Portugal within the second spherical, joins compatriots Jordan Thompson and Tristan Schoolkate as Aussie winners thus far on day two at Flushing Meadows.
The 23-year-old Schoolkate recorded his first Grand Slam main-draw win in sensational trend, triumphing in a five-set battle in opposition to Japan’s Taro Daniel.
> READ: Wildcard Tristan Schoolkate achieves main breakthrough at US Open 2024
Aussies in motion – US Open
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) d [11] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 7-5
Jordan Thompson (AUS) d Fixed Lestienne (FRA) 6-1 6-3 6-2
[WC] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) d Taro Daniel (JPN) 4-6 4-6 6-4 7-6(6) 6-4
> READ: Thompson prices into second spherical at US Open 2024
Girls’s singles, first spherical
[4] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) d [Q] Destanee Aiava (AUS) 6-1 7-6(1)
[25] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova d [WC] Taylah Preston (AUS) 6-2 6-0
Wang Xinyu (CHN) d [Q] Arina Rodionova (AUS) 3-6 6-4 6-1
[Q] Ena Shibahara (JPN) d Daria Saville (AUS) 6-3 4-6 7-6(6)
COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
[10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Marcos Giron (USA)
James Duckworth (AUS) v [31] Flavio Cobolli (ITA)
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [26] Nicolas Jarry (CHI)
Max Purcell (AUS) v Aleksandar Vukic (AUS)
[Q] Li Tu (AUS) v [3] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
Males’s singles, second spherical
[28] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v Pedro Martinez (ESP)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [7] Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v [9] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v Nuno Borges (POR)
[WC] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) v Jakub Mensik (CZE)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 males’s singles draw
Girls’s singles, second spherical
[Q] Maya Joint (AUS) v [14] Madison Keys (USA)
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) v [33] Elise Mertens (BEL)
> VIEW: US Open 2024 girls’s singles draw
> READ: Ten Australians to contest doubles at US Open 2024
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