Thanasi Kokkinakis shocks Marin Cilic 6-2 3-6 7-6(10) in the semifinal in Adelaide on Friday. Kokkinakis will seek to keep on going in this event against Arthur Rinderknech in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Adelaide
Kokkinakis's Record

Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Marin Cilic Adelaide International 2 – Adelaide

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kokkinakis
Cilic
6-2 3-6 7-610
2h:38
98
98
Total points
94
94
49
49
Winners
42
42
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
7
7
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
70%
70%
1st in
59%
59%
75%
75%
1st won
72%
72%
49/65
49/65
1st won
42/58
42/58
50%
50%
2nd won
54%
54%
14/28
14/28
2nd won
22/41
22/41
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
2/7
2/7
43%
43%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 98 points vs. Cilic’s 94.

Kokkinakis

The Australian served pretty well to win 75% of the points (49/65) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (14/28) on his second serve. Kokkinakis fired 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Thanasi won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Cilic

On the other side, the Croatian was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Arthur Rinderknech – stats

Kokkinakis will compete against Rinderknech in the final.

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

Live score progression and stats

Kokkinakis was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Marin Cilic in the 1st game (1-0). Kokkinakis improved his lead after breaking the Croatian in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

Thanasi converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Croatian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).

They contested 54 points. Kokkinakis conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Cilic (32-22). The Australian surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Marin conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Cilic conquered in the 8th

game (5-3) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

The Croatian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Marin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 45 points. Marin was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Australian (27-18

). The Croatian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). In addition, on the other side, Thanasi conceded 7 points on serve (15-7).

Rinderknech had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Marin Cilic in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Kokkinakis managed to stage a great comeback to break Marin in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 13th game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 10.

Tiebreak

The Australian won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2), 14th (7-7), 19th (10-9) and 22nd (12-10) point. On the other side, Marin won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 9th (3-6), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 20th (10-10) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 10-10, 11-10, 12-10

Kokkinakis converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). The Australian saved 2 set points when he was 6-7 and 7-8 down. In addition on the other side, Marin converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 93 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kokkinakis won just 3 points more than Cilic (48-45). Kokkinakis lost 16 points on serve (32-16). On the losing side, Marin conceded 16 points on serve (29-16).

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