Thanasi Kokkinakis has pulled off another stirring comeback from two sets down to join Alex de Minaur in the third round at the French Open
Thanasi Kokkinakis plays a forehand on his way to a five-set win over Italy’s Giulio Zeppieri in the second round of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros.Thanasi Kokkinakis plays a forehand on his way to a five-set win over Italy’s Giulio Zeppieri in the second round of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros.to ensure Alex de Minaur will not be the only Australian standing in the third round of the French Open.
After he had roared back from two sets to one down to beat Alexei Popyrin in an all-Australian five-set classic which finished at 11.37pm local time on Tuesday, Kokkinakis this time wore down Zeppieri to earn his triumph in front of boisterous fans on Court 10 under lights again at 11.35pm.
Earlier, De Minaur had made light of more Paris rain trying to dampen his title assault, powering past old Spanish clay-court pal Munar to reach the last-32 for the first time in eight attempts. But while Munar argued with the umpire and got the supervisor called to court to adjudicate over a complaint, De Minaur just got his head down, wouldn’t be distracted and went on to carve out his impressive two hours 11 minute win.Promising that he couldn’t get too serious about his French Open ambitions until he had finally got past a second round, no wonder de Minaur was left beaming.
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