Thanasi Kokkinakis had the crowd on its feet after winning the second set but could not capitalise on that momentum to fall just short of a second-straight Adelaide International 2 final.
abc.net.au/news/thanasi-kokkinakis-adelaide-international-defeat-bautista-agut/101855244Thanasi Kokkinakis has watched nine break points sail him by in the decisive set to end the local hope's Adelaide International 2 title defence.
Kokkinakis looked to have finally cracked the 34-year-old's defence early in the third set, having earlier blazed a flurry of forehands past the world number 26 to level the match. He broke a distracted Kokkinakis for the first and only time in the match in between, the Australian briefly rattled after an incredible drop shot while back-pedalling saved one of those eight chances to break.
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