Kokkinakis aces Vukic in the quarter. HIGHLIGHTS – ADELAIDE RESULTS

ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL 2 - ADELAIDE DRAW AND RESULTS. Kokkinakis overcomes Vukic to fight against Marin Cilic in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Aleksandar Vukic

Thanasi Kokkinakis gets the better of Aleksandar Vukic 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Adelaide on Thursday in what was an all-Australian affair. Kokkinakis is going to play against Marin Cilic in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Aleksandar Vukic Adelaide International 2 – Adelaide

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kokkinakis
Vukic
Thanasi Kokkinakis
6-75 6-3 6-2
2h:13
Aleksandar Vukic
104
104
Total points
80
80
51
51
Winners
41
41
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
10
10
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
69%
69%
1st in
62%
62%
86%
86%
1st won
67%
67%
51/59
51/59
1st won
41/61
41/61
58%
58%
2nd won
53%
53%
15/26
15/26
2nd won
20/38
20/38
-- Break Points --
3/15
3/15
Total
0/1
0/1
20%
20%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Thanasi scored 104 points vs. Aleksandar’s 80.

Kokkinakis

Thanasi served pretty well to win 86% of the points (51/59) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (15/26) on his second serve. Kokkinakis fired 17 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Thanasi won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 20% (3/15) of the procured opportunities.

Vukic

On the other side, Vukic wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Marin Cilic – stats

Kokkinakis will square off with Cilic in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Thanasi Kokkinakis and Marin Cilic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Thanasi Kokkinakis Draw info

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1st Set -
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Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Vukic won the breaker at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Vukic won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 5th (2-3) and 8th (4-4) point.

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

Vukic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Kokkinakis was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 88 points. It’s worth to point out that, Aleksandar won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Kokkinakis (42-46). Aleksandar lost 17 points on serve (32-17). on the other side of the court, Thanasi conceded 10 points on serve (29-10).

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 Kokkinakis snatched in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).

Kokkinakis converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Thanasi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 52 points. Kokkinakis conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Aleksandar (29-23). Kokkinakis dropped 8 points on serve (21-8). In addition, on the other side, Vukic conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).

3rd Set -
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Kokkinakis in this set played at a much higher level than Aleksandar and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Aleksandar in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Thanasi won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.

Thanasi converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Thanasi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. Thanasi was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than Aleksandar (29-15). Thanasi was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Vukic conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).

 

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