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It was Kokkinakis’ first win since he saved 4 match factors to stun Felix Auger-Aliassime from two units down within the opening spherical at Wimbledon and his first match since he was pressured to retire with a knee harm within the second spherical at SW19 towards Lucas Pouille.
Chris O’Connell, in the meantime, was unable to again up his firt-round win over Harold Mayot. He fell to American 13th seed Brandon Nakashima 6-2 6-2.
Kokkinakis will look to increase his head-to-head document towards Vukic to 2-0 having additionally overwhelmed him on exhausting court docket within the Adelaide quarterfinals en path to his maiden ATP title in 2022. The winner will tackle fourth seed Sebastian Korda within the quarterfinals.
Purcell managed to recuperate in time to return to court docket later within the day when he and Jordan Thompson defeated countryman John-Patrick Smith and Colombian Diego Hidalgo 6-2 6-3.
The second seeds, in search of their fourth title collectively this yr, await seventh seeds Julian Money and Robert Galloway or wildcards Korda and Alex Michelsen for a semifinal berth.
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