Thanasi Kokkinakis 'really enjoyed' Andy Murray loss, believes Carlos Alcaraz capable of eclipsing Nadal, Djokovic

11.03.2023 - 12:49 eurosport.com

Thanasi Kokkinakis said he had «a lot of fun» despite losing to Andy Murray in their epic Australian Open second round match which lasted five hours and 45 minutes. «Although it was a heartbreaking match to be honest and I had it in the bag a few times, as distraught as I was after the match, I actually really enjoyed it.

I had a lot of fun out there,» Kokkinakis said. Ad «One of the only times I can say after a big loss, especially one where I was on the front foot the whole time, that I enjoyed it.

ATP Indian WellsNorrie sweeps past Wu to reach Indian Wells third round12 HOURS AGO »Tennis is so results based that if you don’t win you’re just p***** and obviously I was p***** off, but I can look back at the summer I had and the level of tennis when I was playing at my best and try to take the positives away from that. «I’ve gone through worse stuff than losing a tennis match from being in a winning position.

In the scheme of things it hurts for a little bit, but I had a lot of good feedback, a lot of people came up to me. »Some idiots came up to me saying ‘what happened?’.

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Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz stormed into the last 16 of the Miami Open with a dominant 6-0 7-6 (5) win over Dusan Lajovic that underlined the top seed’s status as the man to beat in Florida. Alcaraz made short work of the Serbian with a first-set bagel, demonstrating his box of tricks with a selection of fizzing forehands, whipped winners and delicate drop shots. Ad He needed a tie-break to get over the line in the second after a surprising late rally from the Serbian, but finished the 91-minute match with 27 winners to his name.

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Hubert Hurkacz saved five match points as he fought back to beat Thanasi Kokkinakis in a three and a half hour epic while fourth-seed Daniil Medvedev got his Miami Open bid under way with an easy win on Saturday. Hurkacz was pushed all the way by the Australian lucky loser Kokkinakis before emerging with a 6-7 (10/12), 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (8/6) victory.

Andy Murray surprised by display in Dusan Lajovic loss in Miami, not 'predicting' Carlos Alcaraz to win 20 Grand Slams

Andy Murray says he was surprised with his movement and overall performance in his Miami Open first-round defeat to Dusan Lajovic. In the first career meeting between the two players, Murray was beaten 6-4 7-5 by the world No. 76.

Andy Murray to face Dusan Lajovic in Miami Open first round, could meet Carlos Alcaraz in third round, Jack Draper out

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Jack Draper retires with injury as Carlos Alcaraz reaches Indian Wells quarter-finals to continue world No. 1 bid

Carlos Alcaraz moved into the quarter-finals of Indian Wells after Jack Draper retired during the round-of-16 match. The 21-year-old Brit was trailing 6-2 2-0 when he retired with an abdominal injury. The injury had first flared up in his last-32 match against Andy Murray.