Thanasi Kokkinakis surprises Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-5 4-6 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Adelaide on Wednesday. Kokkinakis will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Sebastian Korda in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 2 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Thanasi added to his prize money $ 8,620 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 20,555 after this win. If he wins the next match, Kokkinakis will add $ 14,925 to his earnings to get in total $ 35,480 in total.
Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:02
Thanasi won this match even if he won less points than Tomas Martin (106 vs. 112).
Kokkinakis
The Australian fired 23 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Thanasi won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 20% (1/5) of the procured opportunities.
Etcheverry
On the other side, the Argentine was struggling when converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Kokkinakis and Etcheverry is 1-0 for Thanasi.
Draw and next match H2H: Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Sebastian Korda – stats
Kokkinakis will come up against Korda in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Sebastian Korda fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Korda (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Thanasi clinched in the 12th game (7-5) prior to ultimately winning the set (7-5).
Thanasi failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Thanasi was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Argentine was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 75 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Thanasi won just 1 point more than Tomas Martin (38-37). Kokkinakis lost 14 points on serve (31-14). Regarding the other side of the net, the Argentine conceded 7 points on serve (23-7).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Argentine snatched in the 9th game (5-4) before finally winning the set (6-4).
The Australian surrendered the 9th game (5-4) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. The Australian was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Etcheverry was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 40-A).
They contested 68 points. The Argentine conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the Australian (37-31). Tomas Martin lost 7 points on serve (23-7). On the other side, Kokkinakis conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Kokkinakis won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Kokkinakis won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Tomas Martin won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
The Australian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Australian won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Etcheverry (36-39). Kokkinakis dropped 8 points on serve (24-8). on the other side of the court, Tomas Martin conceded 12 points on serve (31-12).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-5 4-6 7-64)
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-61 6-2)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-3 6-3)
- Marcos GironGiron – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 6-2)
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Li TuTu (6-3 6-3)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-4 3-6 6-3)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-2 3-6 7-65)
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Arthur CazauxCazaux (1-6 6-4 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Marcos GironGiron (4-1) – H2H details and stats
