Thanasi Kokkinakis has blitzed his manner into the spherical of 64 on the BNP Paribas Open with a barnstorming straight-sets victory over American Brandon Holt.
The Australian delivered 9 aces within the 6-4 6-1 win, utilizing his serve to most impact.
Kokkinakis received all of his factors on first serve whereas forcing 10 break-point alternatives, 4 of which he transformed.
Holt could not mustre a single break level towards the dominant and decided world No.94, who needed to undergo qualifying to get into the occasion.
However, the 26-year-old from Adelaide will must be at his greatest within the subsequent spherical the place he takes on No.1 seed Carlos Alcaraz.
Aleksander Vukic was additionally in motion however the Australian qualifier could not go previous three-time grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka.
Wawrinka made a profitable return to the event after 4 years away with a 6-4 1-6 6-1 victory.
The 37-year-old Wawrinka, who has been ranked as excessive as No.3 and is now No.100 after a sequence of operations to his left foot and left knee, hit 10 aces and received 28 of 33 first-serve factors.
His earlier match on the hard-court event within the California desert was a loss to Swiss Davis Cup teammate Roger Federer within the third spherical in 2019.
Wawrinka, the runner-up to Federer at Indian Wells in 2017, now faces No. 26 seed Miomir Kecmanovic within the second spherical on the first Masters 1000 event of the season.
In different outcomes, Jack Draper overwhelmed qualifier Leandro Riedi 6-1 6-1 to arrange an all-British matchup towards No.24 Dan Evans whereas Mackenzie McDonald defeated Filip Krajinovic 6-3 6-0.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
