Despite injury, Kyrgios and Kokkinakis win 2 matches in 1 day and claim Atlanta Open doubles title

| by Alfredo Bassanelli

Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis teamed up for doubles after almost 4 months and they dominated the 2022 Atlanta Open.

While Kokkinakis lost already in the first round of the singles event, Kyrgios withdrew due to an injury but still elected to play doubles. After winning the first two matches, the Australian duo waited for their semifinal opponents for a couple of days and eventually their semifinal match was stopped by rain.

Therefore, they played two matches on Sunday and won both of them. First, they defeated Jack Sock and Rajeev Ram and in the final, they won against compatriots Jason Kubler and John Peers.

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"Obviously Atlanta is a special place. Won the singles title here [in 2016] and now the doubles. Crowd's amazing and it was a new experience playing two matches in one day as well for a title," Kyrgios said. "Me and Kokky were pretty resilient and obviously no singles this week, but confidence is at an all-time high in doubles."

"Stoked to have won the Atlanta doubles title with Nick. It's always a pleasure playing with him. Second title for the year and I think we're getting better. It's been a great week here, a good way to start off the [American] summer in Atlanta for the US Open and hopefully we can keep it rolling," said Kokkinakis.

Nick Kyrgios' court date postopned to August 23rd
Nick Kyrgios' court date postopned to August 23rd

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