Kokkinakis response after Australian Open epic: “This f***ing sport man”

After the epic match of almost 6 hours that he lost with Andy Murray, the Aussie used his social media to give a short message about his impressions.

During the men’s singles second round at the Australian Open, probably the most commented match was the epic Andy Murray comeback from a two sets down, to eliminate the local tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis. After a high-level match, the 26-year-old posted a short message on Twitter to share his impressions:

“This fu***ing sport man.”

The message is understandable after his defeat. Despite the high level shown by the local, the scottish heart kept him on the court, despite being down two sets down and 5-2 in the third set. Kokkinakis had the serve to win the match, but he couldn't close it out due to Murray's consistency. At times the Australian was visibly frustrated and made several unforced errors that helped the Brit carry on a game that seemed to be close.

The epic battle ran for 5 hours and 45 minutes, and not only did it become the longest match that the three-time Grand Slam champion has played, but it is the third match that ends later, being more than 4 am when the five time finalist at the Australian Open closed the match with his serve.

This was the 11th comeback win from being two sets down for the former No 1, an absolute record on ATP tour. The final result was 4-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 7-5 for the British legend.

Now Sir Andy will have to face the third round, where he gonna challenge the 24th seed Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, who comes from beating Joao Sousa in three sets at the first round, and the young Brandon Holt, in another impressive 5-sets comeback to reach the last 32.