Tennis: Thanasi Kokkinakis has pulled off one of the biggest wins of his career after upsetting 11th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 1st Round of the US Open.
Thanasi produces HUGE upset at US Open | 00:43On the walls of a dusty old gym underneath Adelaide Oval, which backs on to the Memorial Drive tennis courts , sits a photograph of a couple of young fresh-faced kids dressed in oversized Australian tracksuits who look all hair and not a lot of height.
They did South Australia proud at the time when representing their nation in an under-14 competition in the Czech Republic and on Tuesday the mates produced a pair of sensational performances at Flushing Meadows.in the best grand slam win of his career, while Tu shocked Carlos Alcaraz and a capacity crowd inside Arthur Ashe Stadium with a scintillating second set against the superstar before running out of steam.
“He grew up really tough. His mum passed a few years ago. He was the nicest kid ever. We are the same age and we played doubles in nationals growing up. Tu, who said renowned Australian coach Darren Cahill used to assist him with cast-off clothing in the infancy of his comeback, asked then No.7 Alexander Zverev if he could remember him.
“Obviously it surprised me a little bit. The first set it was obvious he started the match nervously. After the first set, he grew up and started to enjoy it,” Alcaraz said.
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