Sinner holds off Kokkinakis to reach quarter-finals in Adelaide

Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 6 seed, moved into the last eight of the Adelaide International 1 by defeating Australia’s defending champion Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-6 (2), 6-4 at Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Thursday night.

Sinner, ranked No 15, will face American Sebastian Korda next.

Ahead of his victory, the 21-year-old Italian won against Kyle Edmund (6-3, 6-2).

Kokkinakis, ranked No 93, beat American Maxime Cressy (7-6 (4), 7-6 (7)) in the previous round.

Adelaide ATP250, other second-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 642.735, most recent results first):

• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Quentin Halys: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
• Denis Shapovalov (7) beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Alexei Popyrin beat Marcos Giron: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-0, 6-3
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (8) beat Jack Draper: 6-4, 6-2

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