- Australian showed fight after poor start but loses 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
- Impressive Bulgarian 13th seed was just ‘too good’
A courageous Thanasi Kokkinakis has been unable to bust his second round ceiling at the Australian Open after losing in four sets to an impressive Grigor Dimitrov on Thursday night.
The Bulgarian won 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 and outplayed the Australian early, but a Kokkinakis revival pushed the 13th seed to the end and energised the crowd on a boisterous evening on John Cain Arena.