Australian home favourite Thanasi Kokkinakis battles through injury but loses the fifth and deciding set to Great Britain's top-ranked men's player Jack Draper.

Former junior rivals Jack Draper and Jacob Fearnley fought their way into the third round of the Australian Open despite being on the wrong end of two of the rowdiest crowds you will find on the professional tour.

Thanasi Kokkinakis was warned for "bending the rules" as he called the physio during his marathon battle with Jack Draper in Melbourne.

While Draper’s friend Jacob Fearnley had feared showing any emotion when he took on Nick Kyrgios in the opening round, the British number one was happy to provoke the fans at key moments by cupping his hand to his ear or pumping his fist in their direction.

Australian tennis star Thanasi Kokkinakis has stunned his opponent with an amazing act of sportsmanship at a critical moment of their second-round Australian Open clash. British No.15 seed Jack Draper was serving at two sets to one down, and trailing by a break in the fourth when he was about to be denied a certain point after a long rally.

A seething Thanasi Kokkinakis has described his ongoing pectoral muscle issues as “physical and mental torture” after losing a five-set epic at the Australian Open.

Jack Draper conjured the spirit of Andy Murray to claw his way back from the brink of defeat against home favourite Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Australian Open. Two years ago, Murray famously recovered from two sets and a break down against Kokkinakis to win a second-round match that finished at 4.05am.

Jack Draper was "proud" after coming from behind to beat Thanasi Kokkinakis in a five-set thriller in Australian Open 2025 second round action.