Thanasi Kokkinakis qualifies for Zagreb Open main draw

Thanasi Kokkinakis will look disconnected against Yannick Alexandrescou successful the opening circular of the Zagreb Open aft winning his qualifying matches.

The Greek Aussie defeated Italy’s Michele Ribecai 6(2)-7(7), 6-3, 6-0 yesterday to marque it to the Round of 32.

After a adjacent archetypal set, Kokkinakis came backmost firing successful the adjacent two to predominate against the 5th seed.

He had 11 aces to Ribecai’s zero, with 81 per cent win complaint connected his archetypal service while winning six of the 9 interruption points her had connected him.

The 30-yeat-old, who is unseeded and returning from injury, besides bushed ninth effect Daniel Michalski 7(7)-6(3), 6-3 connected Sunday.

Kokkinakis and Alexandrescou are scheduled to play tonight astatine 10.10pm AEST.