How about this Thanasi Kokkinakis?

[rk_sports]

16 year old aussie youngster Thanasi Kokkinakis took Isner's spot at the Hopman Cup and played a inspired match against Verdasco.

Kokkinakis is a real talent... huge serve, huge forehand ...to my amazement he was overpowering Verdasco on both serve and forehand (sometimes on backhand) too :shock:

 

[Big_Dangerous]

16 year old aussie youngster Thanasi Kokkinakis took Isner's spot at the Hopman Cup and played a inspired match against Verdasco.

Kokkinakis is a real talent... huge serve, huge forehand ...to my amazement he was overpowering Verdasco on both serve and forehand (sometimes on backhand) too :shock:

It doesn't seem right that they replaced someone on the American team with a non-American.

 

[SStrikerR]

It doesn't seem right that they replaced someone on the American team with a non-American.

Well if they don't have replacement players on hand it's not like they're gonna fly a player over to Australia for the a match less than a day away.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

Well if they don't have replacement players on hand it's not like they're gonna fly a player over to Australia for the a match less than a day away.

Yeah that is true, though it still goes against the spirit of the event, no?

 

[Ronny]

isner actually withdrew that morning, so they had no choice. and thanasi actually did a pretty good job anyway, got the crowd involved

 

[GoodVibrations]

Yeah here's his match vs. Verdasco, very impressive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vnir51QoOE

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

Yeah here's his match vs. Verdasco, very impressive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vnir51QoOE

thx for the link.

would be fun to see this kid beat tomic.

 

[Bartelby]

Isner's withdrawal meant the US lost so it was crowd entertainment only.

 

[rk_sports]

Kokkinakis played another great match at the aussie quialies... going down to Steve Johnson 4:6, 7:5, 15:17

 

[merwy]

I'm impressed. I mean, the guy is 16!. Who knows what could have happened in that match if he wasn't injured. Of course, you never know how a player develops as they get older but this is a good start for sure.

(not a fan of the earring though)

 

[axel89]

I'm impressed. I mean, the guy is 16!. Who knows what could have happened in that match if he wasn't injured. Of course, you never know how a player develops as they get older but this is a good start for sure.

(not a fan of the earring though)

yeah i thought he was gay lol

 

[Devilito]

(not a fan of the earring though)

yeah i thought he was gay lol

you guys need to step out of the 1950s and into the 21st century

 

[tennisfan17]

Bumping this

Just curious recently where he is after Brisbane. He said in a post match interview that he was heading to Sydney to play but I can't find him in qualies or main draw :-?

 

[Noleberic123]

Bumping this

Just curious recently where he is after Brisbane. He said in a post match interview that he was heading to Sydney to play but I can't find him in qualies or main draw :-?

No. Im pretty sure he is going straight to melbourne

 

[Wynter]

Challenger maybe?

 

[psYcon]

did Kokkinakis gain in height over the past 2 years? He's now listed as 6'5" !

 

[tennisfan17]

Possibly . I'm just going off what I heard in his interview after the tonic match. Either way I hope he and kyrgios make waves at the Australian this year!

 

[Nostradamus]

he sucks compared to that other fellow

 

[m2nk2]

He hit a 123 mph forehand winner last year so yes might be his year this year!

 

[chjtennis]

I think he's a great talent but may not mature as early as Nadal. He'll just have to keep on trying his best to improve and in 2-3 years, he could be in top 20.

 

[furryballs]

hope he plays nadal in the first round of AO

 

[Deleted member 542803]

16 year old aussie youngster Thanasi Kokkinakis took Isner's spot at the Hopman Cup and played a inspired match against Verdasco.

Kokkinakis is a real talent... huge serve, huge forehand ...to my amazement he was overpowering Verdasco on both serve and forehand (sometimes on backhand) too :shock:

16 year old? He's 18 soon 19!

 

[furryballs]

16 year old? He's 18 soon 19!

yep...and he will show nadal how its done on the aussie courts.

 

[Supertegwyn]

16 year old? He's 18 soon 19!

Check the date.