Thanasi Kokkinakis ousts Roman Safiullin 3-6 6-3 6-3 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Kokkinakis will fight against Jack Draper in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 5 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Thanasi added to his prize money $ 68,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 200,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Thanasi will add $ 90,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 290,000 in total.
Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Roman Safiullin Australian Open – Melbourne
Kokkinakis’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
7-65
4h:05
At the end of the match, Thanasi scored 147 points vs. Safiullin’s 141.
Kokkinakis
The Australian fired 23 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Kokkinakis didn’t lose the focus when converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (6/8).
Safiullin
On the other side, Roman was battling in converting his break points (only 18% – 4/22). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Kokkinakis and Safiullin is 2-0 for Thanasi.
Draw and next match H2H: Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Jack Draper – stats
Kokkinakis will face Draper in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jack Draper square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Draper (see full H2H stats), but Kokkinakis leads 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Kokkinakis started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Roman Safiullin in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Roman succeeded in coming back to break Kokkinakis in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Australian was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Russian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They contested 63 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Kokkinakis (34-29). The Russian surrendered 13 points on serve (19-13). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Thanasi grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 55 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Thanasi won only 1 point more than Safiullin (28-27). Thanasi dropped 10 points on serve (20-10). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Kokkinakis won the set after he broke Roman 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Safiullin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, Kokkinakis kept the focus to win the set 6-3.
Thanasi failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
The Russian was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Australian converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Russian converted 10% of his break points (1/10). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (2-6 40-A).
They contested 77 points. Kokkinakis conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Roman (44-33). Thanasi dropped 21 points on serve (28-21). In addition, on the other side, Safiullin conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).
The Australian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Thanasi broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Thanasi won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Safiullin won a minibreak in the 9th (4-5) point.
Kokkinakis won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The Australian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Roman converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kokkinakis won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Safiullin (45-48). Kokkinakis dropped 18 points on serve (29-18). On the other side, the Russian conceded 16 points on serve (30-16).
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