“I fought like a warrior” – Stefanos Tsitsipas victorious over Kokkinakis in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Tsitsipas overcomes Kokkinakis to compete against Mikael Ymer in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Stefanos Tsitsipas Fighting Like A Warrior

Stefanos Tsitsipas defeats Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-75 6-4 6-1 6-75 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Tsitsipas will square off with Mikael Ymer in the 3rd round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 32 minutes. Stefanos had a match point in the 4th set that he wasn’t able to convert so as to battle a tough 5 setter. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Stefanos added to his prize money $ 65,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add $ 105,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total.

Tsitsipas was happy about the match. He commented:

“I fought like a lion, I fought like a real warrior out there. It was an amazing ending with lots of emotion and great spirits. I’m happy that I got my first five-set win… more three-set wins in Slams would be nice.”

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis Australian Open – Melbourne

Tsitsipas’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsitsipas
Kokkinakis
Stefanos Tsitsipas
6-75 6-4 6-1
6-75 6-4
4h:32
Thanasi Kokkinakis
188
188
Total points
166
166
80
80
Winners
93
93
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
56%
56%
46
46
Unforced
62
62
43%
43%
Ratio Unforced
57%
57%
24/32
24/32
Net Approaches
19/25
19/25
75%
75%
Perc
76%
76%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
23
23
10
10
Double Faults
8
8
63%
63%
1st in
62%
62%
86%
86%
1st won
72%
72%
80/93
80/93
1st won
93/129
93/129
56%
56%
2nd won
46%
46%
30/54
30/54
2nd won
36/78
36/78
211
211
Fastest serve
205
205
195
195
AVG 1st Serve
191
191
161
161
AVG 2nd Serve
156
156
-- Break Points --
5/22
5/22
Total
0/3
0/3
23%
23%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 188 points vs. Thanasi’s 166.

Tsitsipas

Stefanos served pretty well to win 86% of the points (80/93) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (30/54) on his second serve. Tsitsipas struck 17 aces and he committed 10 double faults. Tsitsipas won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 23% (5/22) of the procured opportunities.

Kokkinakis

On the other side, Thanasi wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Kokkinakis is 1-0 for Stefanos.

Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Mikael Ymer – stats

Tsitsipas will come up against Ymer in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Mikael Ymer square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Stefanos Tsitsipas Draw info

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1st Set -
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Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Kokkinakis won the tiebreak at 7-5.

Tiebreak

The Australian won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 7th (4-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Greek won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3) and 10th (5-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

The Australian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). The Australian saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Moreover, on the other side, the Greek was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 94 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kokkinakis won just 2 points more than Stefanos (48-46). Kokkinakis conceded 16 points on serve (35-16). In addition, on the other side, the Greek conceded 13 points on serve (30-13).

2nd Set -
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tsitsipas conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Stefanos converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Stefanos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 57 points. The Greek won 5 points more than the Australian (31-26). The Greek dropped 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the net, Thanasi conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).

3rd Set -
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Tsitsipas had a racing start in this set after breaking Ymer in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more to do for Tsitsipas to win the set since Thanasi managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Stefanos maintained his cool to break Thanasi in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

Kokkinakis was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.

The Greek converted 57% of his break points (4/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Kokkinakis wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).

They contested 47 points. Tsitsipas was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the Australian (29-18). Stefanos lost 6 points on serve (13-6). In addition, on the other side, Kokkinakis conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).

4th Set -
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The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, the Australian won the tiebreak at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Thanasi won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Stefanos won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 7th (2-5) and 10th (5-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Tsitsipas wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 40-A).

They played 80 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kokkinakis won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Greek (39-41). Kokkinakis lost 15 points on serve (34-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Tsitsipas conceded 5 points on serve (26-5).

5th Set -
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Stefanos grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) before eventually winning the set (6-4).

They contested 76 points. Tsitsipas was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Kokkinakis (41-35). The Greek conceded 7 points on serve (20-7). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 21 points on serve (28-21).

 

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