US Open: Kokkinakis upsets Tsitsipas in four sets, moves into second round

Thanasi Kokkinakis moved into the second round of the US Open by scoring a stunning upset vs the world No 11 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Tuesday. The Australian put on a stunning display of aggressive tennis, launching down 47 winners and winning 78% of points from his rocket first serve against the former world No 3.

The win represents one of the biggest victories of the Australian’s career, and marks a continuation of Tsitsipas’s disappointing performances in New York. The Greek’s best performance at the event was in 2021, when he made the third round, but has only collected one win in the last three editions.

Speaking after the victory, Kokkinakis said:

“Hell of a player. I had a 5 set battle with him a couple years ago at the Australian Open. I was expecting a war. It was physical out there. I have a tendency to sometimes drag these matches on. I tried to stay focus and stay the course. I tried to play every point. I had a lot of tight losses when I’ve been in winning positions. That was just all relief and mental I would say. I’m super excited.”

I’m super excited

Kokkinakis, ranked No 86 in the world, will face the winner of the match between Portuguese Nuno Borges and Argentinian Federico Coria next and the Australian will like his chances to take advantage of the upset victory. The open draw, after Felix Auger-Aliassime‘s loss to Jakub Mensik (6-2 6-4 6-2) earlier today, was also noted by Nick Kyrgios.

New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Tommy Paul
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Li Tu
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Hamad Medjedovic
• Zizou Bergs vs. Pavel Kotov
• Flavio Cobolli vs. James Duckworth
• Jaume Munar vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Corentin Moutet vs. Sebastian Korda
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Max Purcell vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Arthur Fils vs. Learner Tien
• Alex De Minaur vs. Marcos Giron
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Hugo Gaston: tuesday
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Zachary Svajda: tuesday
• Nuno Borges vs. Federico Coria: tuesday
• Jannik Sinner vs. Mackenzie McDonald: tuesday
• Matthew Forbes vs. Roman Safiullin: tuesday
• Borna Coric vs. Adrian Mannarino: tuesday
• Jack Draper (25) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-3, 6-0, 4-0 ret.
• Eliot Spizzirri vs. Alex Michelsen: tuesday
• Daniel Evans vs. Karen Khachanov: tuesday
• Otto Virtanen vs. Quentin Halys: tuesday
• Tomas Machac beat Fabio Fognini: 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
• David Goffin beat Alejandro Tabilo (22): 7-6 (7), 6-1, 7-5
• Hubert Hurkacz (7) beat Timofey Skatov (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
• Jordan Thompson beat Constant Lestienne: 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
• Mariano Navone beat Daniel Altmaier: 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
• Jakub Mensik beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (19): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
• Tristan Schoolkate (WC) beat Taro Daniel: 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Radu Albot (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Sumit Nagal: 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Arthur Cazaux beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
• Laslo Djere beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
• Frances Tiafoe (20) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
• Sebastian Baez (21) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-0, 7-6 (4)
• Brandon Nakashima beat Holger Rune (15): 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
• Rinky Hijikata beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Christopher Eubanks (WC): 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8)
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
• Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Kyrian Jacquet (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Alexandre Muller (WC) beat Adam Walton: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-4
• Gael Monfils beat Diego Schwartzman (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-6 (2), 2-6, 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 ret.
• Francisco Cerundolo (29) beat Sebastian Ofner: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
• Lorenzo Musetti (18) beat Reilly Opelka: 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Marton Fucsovics: 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 3-0 ret.
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
• Andrey Rublev (6) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Pedro Martinez Portero beat Maks Kasnikowski (Q): 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6)
• Alexei Popyrin (28) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
• Casper Ruud (8) beat Yunchaokete Bu (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2
• Matteo Berrettini beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-3
• Ben Shelton (13) beat Dominic Thiem (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• Ugo Humbert (17) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Juncheng Shang beat Alexander Bublik (27): 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Luca Nardi: 7-5, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
• Mitchell Krueger (Q) beat Hugo Grenier (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Maximilian Marterer (LL): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2
• Francisco Comesana beat Dominic Stricker: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Jan Choinski (Q): 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (5), 6-3