Thanasi Kokkinakis shocks Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Thanasi added to his prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 215,000 in total.
After this match, the head to head between Kokkinakis and Tsitsipas is 1-1 for Stefanos.
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Kokkinakis had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Kokkinakis to win the set because Tsitsipas managed to break back in the 8th (4-4) game. Kokkinakis kept his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
Tiebreak
Thanasi won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Tsitsipas won 2 minibreaks in the 10th (4-6) and 11th (5-6) point.
The Australian won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Thanasi converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Stefanos converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Australian won just 2 points more than the Greek (44-42). Thanasi conceded 16 points on serve (29-16). On the losing side, Tsitsipas conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).
Kokkinakis had a favorable start in this set after breaking Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Stefanos to win the set because the Australian managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Tsitsipas maintained his cool to break the Australian in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Stefanos was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Kokkinakis was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They played 67 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Tsitsipas won only 1 point more than Thanasi (34-33). Stefanos conceded 15 points on serve (20-15). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Tsitsipas lost the 8th game (5-3) when he was serving and leading 40-0.
They played 56 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Tsitsipas (30-26). Thanasi dropped 11 points on serve (23-11). On the other side, Stefanos conceded 7 points on serve (15-7).
Similarly to the 3rd set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Australian clinched in the 11th game (6-5) prior to eventually winning the set (7-5).
Thanasi converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Thanasi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 67 points. Kokkinakis won 7 more points than Stefanos (37-30). Thanasi dropped 7 points on serve (25-7). In addition, on the other side, Stefanos conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).
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