‘What is this s***?’ – Thanasi Kokkinakis goes full Nick Kyrgios as he smashes racket in meltdown during Andy Murray clash at Australian Open

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Thanasi Kokkinakis took on the mantle from his best mate Nick Kyrgios as he suffered a full meltdown during his Australian Open clash with Andy Murray.

Kokkinakis and Kyrgios, nicknamed the ‘Special Ks’, won the doubles title in Melbourne last year, but the latter is unable to compete at all in 2023 due to injury.


Kokkinakis gave a fiery performance in the second round

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He raged at the umpire in the third set

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His teammate made sure there was plenty of outbursts and racket smashing in his absence.

The Australian was playing some brilliant tennis and went two sets up against Murray, who beat 13th seed Matteo Berrettini in the first round.

However, he lost his cool at the start of the third set when given a warning by the umpire for a time violation on his serve.

He shouted at the umpire: “What is that s***? I was there, someone said something, I waited and went again.

“You were just saying that because you felt bad about his [Murray’s time violation earlier].

“You’re not waiting for s***. You’re wrong. That’s a bad call.”


Murray struggled to cope with Kokkinakis during the match

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It was at a critical juncture, with Kokkinakis serving at deuce to go 3-0 up in the third set and almost certainly close in on victory.

Murray ended up going on to win that game and the Australian lost his cool by smashing his racket to pieces.


Source: TalkSport.com Tennis