Adelaide International 2: Kokkinakis into second round
Thanasi Kokkinakis edged out Alexei Popyrin 6-0, 6-7 (5), 7-5 on Monday. He’ll play top seed Andrey Rublev in the next round
Panoramic, Tennis Majors
Wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis moved into the second round of the Adelaide International 2 by edging out wildcard Alexei Popyrin 6-0, 6-7 (5), 7-5 at Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Monday.
Kokkinakis, ranked No 110, will face top seed Andrey Rublev next.
Adelaide ATP250, other first-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 713.495, most recent results first):
- Jason Kubler vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- SoonWoo Kwon vs. Tomas Machac
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Mikael Ymer
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Maxime Cressy
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. John Millman
- Tommy Paul vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7) beat Brandon Nakashima: 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Miomir Kecmanovic (6) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-4, 7-5
- Jack Draper beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-2
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Daniel Evans (5): 7-5, 7-5
