Thanasi Kokkinakis

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Połamaniec wrócił do gry i próbuje swoich sił w CH Winnetka.

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Właśnie skreczował jego rywal, a nie on sam.

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Dziś o finał z Kublerem. Ciekawe, czy to jest ten moment, żeby oddać mecz walkowerem...

[Damian]

[Damian]

PROBLEMY ZE ZDROWIEM MNIE ZABIJAJĄ

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Niepowodzeniem zakończyła się kolejna próba powrotu do rywalizacji Thanasiego Kokkinakisa. Co z tego, że Australijczyk wygrał trzy mecze w challengerze w Winnetce, skoro nie był w stanie stanąć do walki o finał. Od stycznia Kokkinakis nie zagrał ani jednego pełnego turnieju i przyznaje, że nie do końca radzi sobie z dręczącymi go problemami zdrowotnymi.

23-latek z Adelajdy to jeden z tych tenisistów, o których miejsce w rankingu nic nie mówi. Obecnie jest sklasyfikowany pod koniec drugiej setki. Na poziomie challengerów boją się go jednak wszyscy. Rywale wiedzą, że potencjał ma olbrzymi. Nie oddaje go nawet 69. miejsce – najwyższe w karierze, zajmowane już ponad cztery lata temu.

W trakcie ubiegłotygodniowego challengera w Winnetce tylko potwierdził powyższe słowa. Mimo że rozgrywał pierwsze zawody w grze singlowej od trzech miesięcy bez problemu dotarł do półfinału. Na kolejny mecz już jednak nie wyszedł. Nie pozwoliły mu na to problemy z klatką piersiową. – Przez pierwsze trzy mecze czułem się wspaniale, a ostatniej nocy znowu odczuwałem ból. Jestem przezorny, nie chcę dopuścić do sytuacji, kiedy z moim zdrowiem będzie naprawdę źle. Niestety muszę się wycofać – powiedział Kokkinakis. A wie co mówi, bo z powodu kontuzji stracił już cały 2016 rok. Później było niewiele lepiej.

– To frustrujące. Zabija moją psychikę – żalił się Australijczyk. Jednocześnie zaznaczył, że nie zamierza się poddawać i wierzy, że stan zdrowia pozwoli mu jeszcze kiedyś rywalizować z najlepszymi. Nie wiadomo jednak, kiedy podejmie kolejną próbę powrotu na zawodowe korty.

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Wygrał Thanasi pierwszy mecz od Miami18 i zwycięstwa nad Federerem. Kto by przypuszczał, że po tamtym sukcesie tyle będzie musiał czekać na kolejny wygrany piojedynek na poziomie ATP? Chyba każdy.

[Damian]

Kokkinakis Gains First Tour-Level Win Since Federer Upset In Miami 2018

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Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis picked up his first tour-level win in 16 months on Monday at the Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex in Los Cabos.

The 23-year-old wild card saved eight of nine break points and swept past France's Maxime Janvier 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round in Mexico. Kokkinakis upset defending champion Roger Federer at the 2018 Miami Open presented by Itau in March, but didn't win a tour-level match the rest of the year and started 0-2 this season.

“It was very tricky, tricky conditions, very windy out there, and my opponent was trying to hit every ball as he hard as he could so I had to just try and stay patient, stay calm,” Kokkinakis said. “It got a bit yucky through the match, towards the end, but I found a way to win, which is good.”


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The talented right-hander has struggled with injuries throughout his young career. In January, Kokkinakis had to retire during the first round of the Australian Open because of a right shoulder injury that forced him to sit out until April. A right pectoral injury forced Kokkinakis to miss qualifying at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. He has played only five events this year.

"Hopefully I can stay healthy and put together some good runs, whether it's this week or not. Hopefully for the rest of the year stay healthy," Kokkinakis said.

He will next face fourth seed Lucas Pouille, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals but is 12-13 on the season. The two have never met at tour-level.
"We've been practising a lot this week. Lucas and I are pretty good friends... We know each other pretty well," Kokkinakis said. "It's going to be a very tough match, but I've been practising pretty well against him, so we'll see what happens."

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/kokkina ... 019-monday

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[Damian]

ATP Los Cabos: Thanasi Kokkinakis wygrał mecz po 16 miesiącach. Fabio Fognini poznał rywala

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Thanasi Kokkinakis awansował do II rundy turnieju ATP World Tour 250 na kortach twardych w meksykańskim Los Cabos. Pierwszego przeciwnika poznał w poniedziałek broniący tytułu Fabio Fognini.

Thanasi Kokkinakis pokonał na inaugurację Francuza Maxime'a Janviera 6:4, 6:4. To jego pierwsze zwycięstwo w głównym cyklu od marca 2018 roku, gdy na kortach w Miami zaskoczył samego Rogera Federera. Młody Australijczyk cierpiał w ostatnim czasie z powodu licznych kontuzji. W II rundzie zawodów w Los Cabos spotka się z Francuzem Lucasem Pouille'em.
Broniący tytułu Włoch Fabio Fognini zmierzy się na początek z Marcelem Granollersem. Doświadczony Hiszpan balansuje na granicy pierwszej i drugiej setki rankingu ATP. W poniedziałek nie miał żadnych problemów i w 52 minuty rozgromił Meksykanina Lucasa Gomeza 6:0, 6:1.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran rozpoczął zmagania od trzysetowej wygranej nad Johnem Millmanem. Michał Kukuszkin w dwóch partiach wygrał z Damirem Dzumhurem, a Ernests Gulbis okazał się lepszy od Jasona Junga. Łotysz zmierzy się w II rundzie z Diego Schwartzmanem.

Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel, Los Cabos (Meksyk)
ATP World Tour 250, kort twardy, pula nagród 762,4 tys. dolarów
poniedziałek, 29 lipca

I runda gry pojedynczej:

Marcel Granollers (Hiszpania) - Lucas Gomez (Meksyk, WC) 6:0, 6:1
Prajnesh Gunneswaran (Indie) - John Millman (Australia) 6:4, 1:6, 6:2
Thanasi Kokkinakis (Australia, WC) - Maxime Janvier (Francja, Q) 6:4, 6:4
Michaił Kukuszkin (Kazachstan, - Damir Dzumhur (Bośnia i Hercegowina) 7:5, 6:2
Ernests Gulbis (Łotwa) - Jason Jung (Tajwan, Q) 6:4, 7:6(2)

wolne losy: Fabio Fognini (Włochy, 1); Guido Pella (Argentyna, 2/WC); Diego Schwartzman (Argentyna, 3); Lucas Pouille (Francja, 4)

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He'll take on Australian wild card Thanasi Kokkinakis, who continued his love affair with Los Cabos by upsetting fourth-seeded Frenchman Lucas Pouille 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Injuries have limited Kokkinakis to five events this season, but both of his career ATP Tour quarter-finals have come at this event. The Aussie finished runner-up here in 2017 (l. to Querrey).

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[Damian]

Thanasi Kokkinakis got his adrenaline fix off the court in Los Cabos by jet skiing before his first match at the Abierto de Tenis Mifel presentado por Cinemex.

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[Damian]

Awaiting in the next round will be another Aussie: Thanasi Kokkinakis. The wild card battled past Belarus' Ilya Ivashka 6-3, 7-6(8), 6-7(4), 6-2 after three hours and 48 minutes main draw victory at a Grand Slam since 2015 Roland Garros. This is his first win at the US Open.

Kokkinakis got his first crack at Nadal at the 2014 Australian Open when he was only 17. The Spaniard triumphed that day 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

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USO19: wygrany mecz w WS po 4 latach przerwy.

Thanasi Kokkinakis d. [Q] Ilja Iwaszka 6-3 7-6(8) 6-7(4) 6-2

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RG2015 - ostatni wygrany mecz w WS aż do wczorj, wierzyć się nie chce, że tyle czasu to trwało. Co więcej, wtedy Thanasi dotarł do 3. rundy i był to jego najlepszy wynik w szlemie. Trochę słów krytyki za gładki spływ z Koko, poleciało wtedy.

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Kokkinakis: Two Nadal Matches And Battling Through The Struggles In Between

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Aussie seeks third round spot at US Open for the first time
The first time Thanasi Kokkinakis faced Rafael Nadal, the Aussie was a hot commodity in the tennis world. He’d made the final of the boys’ singles events both in Melbourne and at the US Open in 2013. And entering the 2014 Australian Open at 17, he beat Igor Sijsling in the first round of the main draw to earn a shot at Nadal.

“I remember it was super hot that day, so we ended up closing the roof. I don’t know how hot it was, but that year, 2014, Australia was like 45 degrees Celsius or whatever, so it was crazy heat. They shut the roof. But he just beat me with physicality is what it felt like,” Kokkinakis said. “I found his serve really tough, which sounds stupid because you wouldn’t think that’s the best part of his game. But I found that really awkward, because if you didn’t do enough with the ball obviously he was controlling.”

Nadal won that match 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, but Kokkinakis held his own and showed that he was a talent to watch for years to come. But not everything has gone according to plan for the Aussie.

Kokkinakis underwent right shoulder surgery in December 2015, and he’d also struggle with an abdominal strain, playing just one tour-level singles match from November 2015 through May 2017, and that came at the 2016 Olympics.

Last year at the Miami Open presented by Itau, Kokkinakis appeared on the rise again, stunning then-World No. 1 Roger Federer. It was only his fifth tournament in seven months, but Kokkinakis showed that when healthy, he could compete with the best players in the world.

But this January, Kokkinakis retired in the first round of the Australian Open due to a right shoulder injury that kept him sidelined until April, and a right pectoral injury kept him out until July.

“I think mentally I’m a lot better than I was. I just feel in a happier place even though I haven’t played,” Kokkinakis said. “2016 was a really tough year for me. I was as low as I think I or anyone could get. I was struggling a lot mentally that year. But after working my way through that year, everything else feels a bit easier with me. Wins and losses aren’t the be-all and end-all, even though they mean a lot.”


The former World No. 69 had moments this year when he got to events only to have to withdraw. But the good thing is that he feels he’s done everything in his power to put himself in his current position.

“Missing a whole probably six, seven months wasn’t easy, but I was probably a lot more professional than I had been in the past. This time around I tried to do all the right things,” Kokkinakis said. “A tennis player’s window, especially mine, just feel like it’s been cut short a little bit. So I’m trying to get the most out of my career and do what I can. I’ve tried to do all the right things, so the body’s feeling alright at the moment.”

Todd Langman, Kokkinakis’ coach, has known his pupil since he was seven years old. He remembers the high moments from Kokkinakis’ junior years to the lows of battling injuries. But Langman feels that Kokkinakis has broken through mentally this season.

“This year in particular he’s really matured. You’d like to think at some point the maturity will come in and I feel like at 23 he’s started to mature a lot,” Langman said. “He’s managed himself a lot this year in that it would have been very easy to think, ‘The world’s against me, poor me and everything.’ To his credit, he fought on and got stuck in and he hired a really good trainer with 20 years experience. Thanasi knows his body better than anyone and he’s been in there chipping away at it.”

At the US Open on Tuesday, Kokkinakis earned a victory that clearly meant a lot to him, battling past Belarusian Ilya Ivashka in four tight sets. And now, he will get another shot at Nadal Thursday evening inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.

“I’m a bit stronger now. I’m looking forward to it, I’ve got to be aggressive, play my game and see what happens. He’s definitely a very good frontrunner though, like all the top guys. When they get some confidence — he can play from behind as well, obviously — but when they get some confidence, they play very well,” Kokkinakis said. “So if I could keep things tight, everyone gets nervous, so I’ll give it a crack.”

Nadal never takes any of his opponents lightly, and he noted after his first-round victory that Kokkinakis has weapons in his game.

“He's young. He has a big forehand, big serve. He's a dangerous opponent, of course,” Nadal said. “I need to go on court and to play well. If not, it will be a very difficult match.”

These are the moments Kokkinakis lives for. It’s why the 23-year-old battled through all the tough times — physically and mentally. Even on an outside court Tuesday evening, there were sizable crowds gathering to watch him compete against Ivashka.

“It’s unbelievable. It’s why you play. I had really good memories early from that, especially from Australia when I was super young,” Kokkinakis said.

Now, Kokkinakis will be playing on a court that holds more than 23,000 fans, competing against a player who has lifted the trophy in Flushing Meadows three times.

“It’s a balance between nerves and then just going out there and playing free. It takes a little bit to get settled in, but I’ve had some good wins in the past. I feel like my top level is very good, I’ve just got to try and stay healthy and the fitter I get, the more confident I get, hopefully my top level and bottom level, I start to close that gap,” Kokkinakis said. “I’ve shown I can beat some really good players. Rafa’s going to be next, so that’s not easy. The last time I played him was my first Grand Slam. I was 17 and I actually thought I played alright. It’s definitely going to be tough, but that’s why you play these big events.”


Langman knows his charge is fired up to compete against one of the world's best on one of the sport's biggest stages, perhaps even moreso now than he would have been before his injuries.

“The fact that he’s had these injuries, I think the appreciation for him now playing these bigger events and I know getting through yesterday’s match was huge because the possibility to play Nadal on Ashe is something we’ve definitely, definitely dreamt about,” Langman said. “It’s going to be pretty exciting. It’s going to be sick.”

Langman says that Kokkinakis has been honest and aware that some of the original #NextGenATP stars — a group he was a part of — have gone on to great success on the ATP Tour, while Kokkinakis has not been able to fully showcase his abilities due to injuries.

“I think him going out there against Nadal, I think people are going to hopefully see that he’s still relevant and he’s very clear about where he wants to go,” Langman said. “People forget that he’s 23 now. It’s not like he’s 33 and the clock’s ticking.”

During Kokkinakis’ post-match interview after beating Ivashka, the room roared to life as fans above inside Arthur Ashe Stadium cheered for Nadal after the Spaniard’s victory. The Aussie knew it was for Nadal. And he’ll hope to be the one bringing the crowd to its feet Thursday.

“I want to leave them with a good match," Kokkinakis said. “I’d rather take the win. Hopefully that’s what they remember. I don’t really care if they know my story too much or whatever. Hopefully they see some good tennis. Everyone has their own little battles that they’ve got. But hopefully I just play a good match and come out with a win, play aggressive, and hopefully they’re entertained with the tennis.”

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Finał CH w Tiburon:
* 1. finał CH w 2019;
* 4. finał CH w karierze (3-1);

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2019 w liczbach:

Ranking: 200
Bilans meczów: 3-3
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $218,475