Kyrgios and Kokkinakis fail to qualify for the ATP Finals semi-final

Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis fell short of qualifying for the semi-finals as they lost the crucial clash to Mektic and Pavic 6-7(4) 6-7(3).

Kokkinakis and Kyrgios needed to win the match in order to qualify and the win would actually send Mektic and Pavic home. That is why the Croatian duo, who were playing a superb event so far, came out really focused and determined to get the win.

It was a match that went largely as expected as both teams served at played well. They dropped only a handful of points en route to the tiebreak with neither team having any break points. The tiebreak itself was played a bit better by the Croatians who won it 7-4.

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The second set was pretty much identical but Kyrgios and Kokkinakis faced one break point in this one whle Mektic and Pavic did not. The tiebreak once again proved better for the Croatians who took it 7-3 this time to move on to the semi-finals.