Thanasi Kokkinakis upsets Jack Draper 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 1st round in Los Cabos on Monday. Kokkinakis will face Daniel Evans in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 58 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Australian added to his prize money $ 6,250 after winning this match. He has already won $ 16,065 after this win. If he wins the next match, Kokkinakis will add $ 10,600 to his earnings to get in total $ 26,665 in total.
Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Jack Draper Mifel Tennis Open – Los Cabos
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 104 points vs. Draper’s 96.
Kokkinakis
Thanasi fired 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Kokkinakis was pretty effective at converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9).
Draper
On the other side, Draper didn’t lose the focus when converting 63% of the break points that he procured points (5/8). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Kokkinakis and Draper is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Daniel Evans – stats
Kokkinakis will come up against Evans in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Daniel Evans play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Kokkinakis won 7-5 6-4 in the Rubber 5 in 2 back in 2015.
Live score progression and stats
Kokkinakis had a strong start of this set after breaking Jack Draper in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Draper to win the set as the Australian managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Jack kept his focus to break Thanasi in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Thanasi was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Brit was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Australian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th game (1-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 64 points. The Brit was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the Australian (34-30). The Brit lost 11 points on serve (17-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
Kokkinakis won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game, Kokkinakis broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game to win the set 7-6.
Kokkinakis converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 10th (4-5 15-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Draper converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40).
They played 87 points. Thanasi won 9 points more than the Brit (48-39). Kokkinakis conceded 16 points on serve (19-16). On the losing side, Draper conceded 29 points on serve (23-29).
Kokkinakis had a strong start of this set after breaking Jack Draper in the 2nd game (2-0). Draper reinforced his lead after breaking the Australian before winning the set (6-4).
The Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Kokkinakis didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kokkinakis won just 3 points more than the Brit (26-23). Kokkinakis lost 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Draper conceded 6 points on serve (17-6).
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