Thanasi Kokkinakis serves up a shocking victory within the opening spherical of the US Open 2024 males’s singles competitors.
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After clinching the largest 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, rather a lot, of onerous losses once I’ve been in profitable positions, in order that was all reduction. That one meant rather a lot, so I’m tremendous excited.”
That is Kokkinakis’ third top-20 win at a Grand Slam event. He beat world No.13 Ernests Gulbis as a teenage wildcard at Australian Open 2015 after which saved 4 match factors to remove 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 to this point 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 towards 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 expenses into second spherical at US Open 2024
Ladies’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
[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
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
[Q] Arina Rodionova (AUS) v Wang Xinyu (CHN)
Ladies’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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