Tenacious Thanasi Kokkinakis outlasts Bergs in the 1st round to play vs Hurkacz next at the Miami Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Kokkinakis survives Bergs to play Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Zizou Bergs

Thanasi Kokkinakis outlasts Zizou Bergs 4-6 6-3 7-6(7) in the 1st round in Miami on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Kokkinakis will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Kokkinakis
Miami
Kokkinakis's Record

Thanasi added to his prize money $ 12,225 after winning this match. He has already won $ 30,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 24,885 to his earnings to get in total $ 55,770 in total.

Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Zizou Bergs Miami Open – Miami

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kokkinakis
Bergs
Thanasi Kokkinakis
4-6 6-3 7-67
2h:29
Zizou Bergs
97
97
Total points
96
96
49
49
Winners
46
46
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
10
10
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
67%
67%
1st in
67%
67%
74%
74%
1st won
73%
73%
49/66
49/66
1st won
46/63
46/63
55%
55%
2nd won
58%
58%
18/33
18/33
2nd won
18/31
18/31
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
Total
2/5
2/5
50%
50%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Kokkinakis scored 97 points vs. the Belgian’s 96.

Kokkinakis

Thanasi struck 11 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Thanasi was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).

Bergs

On the other side, Bergs was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kokkinakis and Bergs is 1-0 for Thanasi.

Draw and next match H2H: Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Hubert Hurkacz – stats

Kokkinakis will come up against Hurkacz in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Hubert Hurkacz fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Thanasi Kokkinakis Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Bergs 6-4
BergsKokkinakis
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
BergsKokkinakis
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
BergsKokkinakis
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
BergsKokkinakis
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BergsKokkinakis
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
BergsKokkinakis
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
BergsKokkinakis
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BergsKokkinakis
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
BergsKokkinakis
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
BergsKokkinakis
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
BergsKokkinakis
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Zizou conquered in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).

The Belgian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Kokkinakis was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Belgian won just 2 points more than Thanasi (32-30). Zizou dropped 8 points on serve (21-8). On the losing side, Kokkinakis conceded 11 points on serve (22-11).

2nd Set -
Kokkinakis 6-3
KokkinakisBergs
6
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
KokkinakisBergs
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
KokkinakisBergs
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
KokkinakisBergs
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
KokkinakisBergs
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
KokkinakisBergs
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
KokkinakisBergs
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
KokkinakisBergs
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
KokkinakisBergs
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40

Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Australian snatched in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

Kokkinakis was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 47 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the Australian won just 1 point more than Bergs (24-23). Kokkinakis surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). In addition, on the other side, Bergs conceded 7 points on serve (17-7).

3rd Set -
Kokkinakis 7-6
KokkinakisBergs
7
6
B
0
1
K
1
1
K
1
2
B
1
3
B
1
4
K
2
4
K
3
4
B
3
5
B
4
5
K
4
6
K
5
6
B
6
6
B
6
7
K
7
7
K
8
7
B
9
7
KokkinakisBergs
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
KokkinakisBergs
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
KokkinakisBergs
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
KokkinakisBergs
4
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
KokkinakisBergs
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
KokkinakisBergs
3
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
KokkinakisBergs
2
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
KokkinakisBergs
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
KokkinakisBergs
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KokkinakisBergs
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
KokkinakisBergs
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30

The Australian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Kokkinakis broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 9-7.

Tiebreak

Thanasi won 3 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Bergs won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 10th (6-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (2-4 15-40). Kokkinakis saved 5 set points when he was 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6 and 6-7 down. On the other side, the Belgian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 84 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kokkinakis won just 2 more points than Bergs (43-41). Thanasi dropped 15 points on serve (29-15). on the other side of the net, the Belgian conceded 14 points on serve (26-14).

1st
Kokkinakis
Bergs
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Kokkinakis
Bergs
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Kokkinakis
Bergs
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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