In a clash Nick Kyrgios described as a 'popcorn match', Thanasi Kokkinakis brings down Stan Wawrinka at the French Open.
abc.net.au/news/thanasi-kokkinakis-defeats-stand-wawrinka-at-french-open/102419354Thanasi Kokkinakis has roared to the biggest win of his career, battling to an epic, exhausting landmark five-set victory over former champion Stan Wawrinka at the French Open.
He even had to go through the agony of Wawrinka saving four match points from 40-0 down in the final game before sealing the win on serve. Nick Kyrgios, who had once famously taunted Wawrinka during a match in Montreal by telling him that his friend Kokkinakis had once slept with the Swiss's girlfriend, had built this contest up as a real "popcorn match" — and he wasn't wrong as a breathtaking, see-saw four hour 38 minute contest unfolded.
It looked as if Kokkinakis also might find 38-year-old Wawrinka too hot to handle in the battle between two warriors finding fresh life in their careers after being put through the injury mill.
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