Staunch Thanasi Kokkinakis outlasts Kudla in the 3rd round of the Miami Open – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Kokkinakis survives Kudla to compete against Alexander Zverev in the 4th round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Denis Kudla

Thanasi Kokkinakis outlasts Denis Kudla 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(4) in the 3rd round in Miami on Sunday after winning a huge battle. Kokkinakis will play against Alexander Zverev in the 4th round. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Kokkinakis
Miami
Kokkinakis's Record

Kokkinakis added to his prize money $ 40,175 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 94,575 after this win. If he wins the next match, Thanasi will add $ 85,365 to his earnings to get in total $ 179,940 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kokkinakis
Kudla
Thanasi Kokkinakis
7-65 4-6 7-64
2h:47
Denis Kudla
108
108
Total points
107
107
62
62
Winners
55
55
57%
57%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
22
22
Aces
10
10
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
71%
71%
1st in
63%
63%
86%
86%
1st won
77%
77%
62/72
62/72
1st won
55/71
55/71
47%
47%
2nd won
62%
62%
14/30
14/30
2nd won
26/42
26/42
-- Break Points --
1/7
1/7
Total
2/2
2/2
14%
14%
Won
100%
100%
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After this encounter, the head to head between Kokkinakis and Kudla is 1-2 for Denis.

Draw and next match H2H: Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Kokkinakis will play Zverev in the 4th round.

There is no head to head record between Thanasi Kokkinakis and Alexander Zverev since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Thanasi Kokkinakis Draw info

Live score progression and stats

The Australian won the set after he broke the American in the 4th (3-1) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. However, Thanasi kept the focus to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.

Thanasi missed the chance to break Kudla in the 12th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

Kokkinakis won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2) and 12th (7-5) point.

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

Kokkinakis converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).

They played 88 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Denis (46-42). The Australian surrendered 9 points on serve (28-9). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 18 points on serve (33-18).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Denis conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Kokkinakis wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).

They played 52 points. The American won 4 points more than Kokkinakis (28-24). Kudla conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the net, Thanasi conceded 7 points on serve (17-7).

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Thanasi won the tiebreak at 7-4.

Tiebreak

The Australian won 2 minibreaks in the 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point.

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

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. In addition on the other side, Kokkinakis didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kokkinakis won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the American (37-38). The Australian dropped 10 points on serve (30-10). On the losing side, Kudla conceded 7 points on serve (28-7).

 

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