Tennis: Thanasi Kokkinakis is through to the second round at Wimbledon after his epic five set match against 17th seed Felix Auger Aliassime.
Kokkinakis completes EPIC 5-set comeback | 00:48 Novak Djokovic ’s path back to the Wimbledon final is suddenly littered with Australia ns after Alexei Popyrin and Alex de Minaur booked their spots in the third round overnight Thursday.in a 6-2 6-2 7-5 win against Jaume Munar, before Popyrin delivered a giant upset of 30th seed Tomas Etcheverry, winning 3-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3.
Thanasi Kokkinakis was also shattered after being forced to withdraw. He raced to a one-set lead against Lucas Pouille before his troublesome knee again played up in a 2-6 7-5 5-2 walkover. Pouille will now play de Minaur. Alexei Popyrin is looking to make it past the third round of a slam for the first time in his career. Djokovic was made to fight by British outsider Fearnley before reaching the third round for the 18th time.
He was a break up in the third to lead 3-2 but Fearnley, who was still playing university tennis in the United States last month, retrieved the break immediately.Fearnley forced the 24-time Grand Slam champion to save two break points in the sixth game of the fourth set. The American, ranked fifth in the world, battled back after losing the first set, saving a match point in the second-set tie-break, before levelling the match.
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