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Thanasi Kokkinakis reacts to reaching Australian Open 2022 doubles finals

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Thanasi Kokkinakis reacts to reaching Australian Open 2022 doubles finals

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Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis continued their dream run within the 2022 Australian Open 

The Australian pairing of Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis continued to defy the chances on the 2022 Australian Open.

The pair have been handed Wild Card entries for the lads’s doubles match, and never many would have predicted what was to comply with.

Kyrgios and Kokkinakis reached the finals of the primary Grand Slam of 2022, and it was a loopy journey all the best way.

Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis
Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia have fun match level of their Males’s Doubles Semifinals match in opposition to Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina throughout day 11 of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 27, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Picture by Darrian Traynor/Getty Photos)

Kyrgios is thought for being exuberant on the courtroom and he’s a little bit of a hot-head. Nevertheless, the pairing appear to be doing extraordinarily effectively and not too long ago knocked out the no.3 seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos. 

The Australian pair additionally knocked out the no.6 seeds within the quarterfinals and they’re going to go up in opposition to one other all-Australian pairing.

Whereas Kyrgios and Kokkinakis dream of the ultimate, they have been ecstatic after the win. Kokkinakis additionally had one phrase to say relating to the celebrations. 

Can Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios win the 2022 Australian Open? 

The fairytale has been going robust for the Aussie pair however they don’t have Grand Slam finals expertise.

Kyrgios’ greatest doubles Grand Slam efficiency, previous to this, has been a 3rd spherical end within the French and US Open, as soon as.

As for Kokkinakis, the 25-year-old has reached the third spherical of a doubles Grand Slam simply as soon as, and that got here within the 2015 Wimbledon.

Their opposition although has higher data to go along with. Max Purcell and Matthew Ebden are additionally unranked within the match, however Ebden did win the 2013 Blended doubles Australian Open. 

Purcell, for his half, has by no means gained a Grand Slam doubles title. However, the Australian has reached the quarter-finals of the 2021 US Open and likewise reached the skies of the identical match however within the Blended doubles bracket.

No matter occurs, it is going to be a enjoyable males’s doubles finals and there may very well be some fireworks from the World Playing cards Kokkinakis and Kyrgios. 

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