Thanasi Kokkinakis stuns Arthur Rinderknech 6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-3 in the final in Adelaide on Saturday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes. This is the first time that the Australian conquered this tournament. His best result in this event so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Arthur Rinderknech Adelaide International 2 – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:38
At the end of the match, Kokkinakis scored 105 points vs. Arthur’s 91.
Kokkinakis
Kokkinakis served extremely well to win 90% of the points (64/71) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (11/21) on his second serve. The Australian struck 18 aces without committing any double fault. The Australian was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).
Rinderknech
On the other side, Arthur wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kokkinakis and Rinderknech is 1-0 for Thanasi.
This was the maiden title for Thanasi that won his first title at the first attempt. Arthur lost the opportunity to win his title also at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
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Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the French player won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
The French player won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 10th (5-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Thanasi won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Arthur saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. Furthermore, on the other side, Rinderknech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 78 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the French player won just 2 points more than the Australian (40-38). The French player lost 8 points on serve (33-8). On the other side, the Australian conceded 7 points on serve (30-7).
Likewise, in the course of this set, the affair went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Thanasi won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Kokkinakis won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the French player won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 8th (3-5) point.
Thanasi won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Australian won just 3 points more than Arthur (38-35). The Australian conceded 7 points on serve (28-7). on the other side of the court, the French player conceded 10 points on serve (28-10).
Kokkinakis enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Arthur Rinderknech in the 1st game (1-0). Kokkinakis extended his lead after breaking the French player in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.
Kokkinakis converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. Kokkinakis conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Arthur (28-17). The Australian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). In addition, on the other side, Arthur conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Thanasi Kokkinakis in Adelaide |
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