Kyrgios and Kokkinakis lost in their doubles debut to favorites Koolhof and Skupski

The Australians Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis surrendered this Monday to the couple formed by the Dutch wesley koolhoff and English Neal Skupski in this debut at the Turin ATP Finalsin a match that was decided by a super tiebreaker after just an hour and a half, with a score 6-7 (3), 6-4 and 10-5.

The Australians, the champions of the Australian Open and the Atlanta Open as lovers this year, trained for the first time together this morning, because Kyrgios, Wimbledon finalist, where he lost to Djokovic, arrived last night in the city of Italy from Mexico.

And to beat the seeds of the prestigious event, the champions of ATP Masters 1000 Paris, ATP Masters 1000 Canada, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, ATP Masters 1000 Madrid, Doha, Adelaide 2 and Melbourne, need more than a couple of rallies .

However, the ranking’s number 8 pairing surprised and settled the first set despite the fact that the number one’s serve could not be held. Kyrgios and Kokinakis both saved two ‘break’ balls twice. The first to make it 1-1 on the scoreboard and the second to make it 4-4.

After a very even set but slightly dominated by Skupski and Koolhof, the ‘special k’ signed a good ‘tie-break’ and, in two breaks, they managed the tiebreaker 3-7, wasting , even, a set ball in your favor. .

Shocked by what happened, the top favorites to lift the gimp in Turin, reacted 6-4 in the second set after breaking the serve of their rivals in the seventh game, with it at 3-3, where on occasion they took advantage of it. of two burning balls.

The game was decided with a super tiebreaker, at ten points, in which Koolhof and Skupski, who were released, easily prevailed.

The Dutch and English were first in their group, the green, waiting for the result of another match, where the Croats Pavic and Nikola Mektic they will face their countrymen Ivan Dodig and the american Austin Krajicek.