Thanasi Kokkinakis has withdrawn from the Adelaide Worldwide after struggling a shoulder harm throughout his first spherical win over American Sebastian Korda.
He was set to tackle Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot on Wednesday evening, however the latter has been given a walkover to the subsequent spherical.
Regardless of successful the match on Monday, the Aussie was clearly in ache all through and was conscious within the aftermath he had completed some harm.
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Thanasi Kokkinakis is handled by the physio. Getty
It was his first singles match on tour in over 12 months as he has battled fixed harm points to his shoulder and pectoral muscle.
Kokkinakis is about to companion with Nick Kyrgios within the doubles at this yr’s Australian Open, pending the severity of this harm.
He additionally has a spot in the principle draw of the singles, because of a protected rating.
His withdrawal means 2025 Shanghai Masters champion Vacherot advances to the subsequent spherical in Adelaide. The match was just a few hours away from beginning.
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Kokkinakis clearly knew one thing was fallacious following his win over Korda, saying as a lot in his post-match interview.
“There was a whole lot of instances [in the match] I considered stopping, and am I going to do extra harm if I preserve taking part in?” he mentioned.
“But it surely’s actually exhausting to cease. Perhaps for the sake of my physique, it was smarter if I cease.
“However taking part in your property event, the one title I’ve gained in singles, it makes it actually exhausting to simply be like, ‘yeah, I feel I am going to cease right here.'”
Kokkinakis gained the Adelaide Worldwide in 2022, his maiden ATP Tour singles title.
The Australian Open will get underway on Sunday, which does not depart him a lot time to get by means of this harm setback.
