Australian Open 2021: Stefanos Tsitsipas fends off Kokkinakis in 2nd spherical

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Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas gestures throughout his second-round recreation towards Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis in Melbourne on Thursday. 
Fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas has been pushed all the way in which in a 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-4 win over No. 267-ranked Australian wild-card entry Thanasi Kokkinakis in a second-round match that delayed the evening program on Rod Laver Arena.
Tsitsipas has a giant following inside Melbourne’s massive Greek group however he was enjoying an Aussie for the primary time on the Australian Open and needed to deal with having a share help within the crowd.

Tsitsipas will subsequent play Mikael Ymer, who beat 17-year-old Spanish qualifier Carlos Acaraz within the second spherical.
Kokkinakis did not play in any respect in 2020 due to sickness and accidents and that is his first main match for the reason that 2019 U.S. Open. His first-round win over Kwon soon-woo was his first within the Australian Open fundamental draw since 2015.