According to 7 news, Thanasi Kokkinakis has enjoyed his greatest ever win at a grand slam, eliminating 11th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas from the US Open.
The 28-year-old Aussie joined Jordan Thompson and inspired wildcard Tristan Skoolkate in the second round before national No.1 Alex de Minaur made a successful comeback from injury.
Playing his first match since Wimbledon seven weeks ago, de Minaur fired up when it mattered to eke out a 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-4 victory over gritty American Marcos Giron and give Australia at least nine players in the second round.
Fan favourite Kokkinakis roared with emotion and received a standing ovation on The Grandstand after upsetting dual grand slam runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-3 7-5 for the biggest grand slam win of his stop-start career.
Incredibly, the fighting four-set triumph over the 11th seed was only Kokkinakis’s second victory at the Open in nine injury-plagued years.
“Super happy, super pumped. It’s been well documented I’ve had some tight ones, but I’m starting to get on the winning side of them now.”
Kokkinakis next faces unseeded Nuno Borges, with Schoolkate a potential round-three opponent following the West Australian’s own watershed win over Taro Daniel.
waoo that’s good.