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Alexei Popyrin out of Australian Open after another five-set marathon – ABC News

Alex de Minaur moves into the third round in straight sets, in stark contrast to Thanasi Kokkinakis’s second-round five-set loss to fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas…

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Thanasi Kokkinakis’s return to the major tennis scene has been ended by fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in a second-round five-setter that lasted more than four and a half hours, while compatriot Alex de Minaur rushed into the third round.
De Minaur, Australia’s top-ranked male player, beat Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 after Kokkinakis played out the longest match of the tournament so far.
On the comeback trail from repeated injuries and illness, the world number 267 scored his first Australian…

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