{"id":368800,"date":"2026-01-14T05:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/368800\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T05:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:59:07","slug":"thanasi-kokkinakis-withdraws-from-adelaide-due-to-shoulder-injury-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/368800\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanasi Kokkinakis withdraws from Adelaide due to shoulder injury | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adelaide International 2
\n Kokkinakis withdraws from Adelaide due to shoulder injury<\/p>\n

Australian won opening match, had not played singles since 2025 Australian Open<\/p>\n

January 14, 2026<\/p>\n

\"Thanasi<\/p>\n

Andrew Eichenholz\/ATP Tour<\/p>\n

Thanasi Kokkinakis during his first-round match Monday evening in Adelaide against Sebastian Korda.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n

Thanasi Kokkinakis withdrew from the Adelaide International Wednesday due to a right shoulder injury.<\/p>\n

The Australian’s scheduled opponent, 2025 Shanghai champion Valentin Vacherot, advances to the quarter-finals. The Monegasque player will next face top seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina or Australian Rinky Hijikata. Davidovich Fokina will play Hijikata Wednesday evening on centre court.<\/p>\n

Kokkinakis made his highly anticipated return to singles action Monday evening after nearly 12 months away following a pectoral surgery last February. The home favourite battled past Sebastian Korda in a final-set tie-break, but visibly struggled with his right shoulder during the match.<\/p>\n

“It’s tough. Obviously my right arm caused by serving has plagued me my whole career. There’s a lot of what ifs, especially in my mind, if I wasn’t struggling with that. I know little niggles are normal here and there, but I feel like kind of what I’ve gone through is a little bit out of the normal,” Kokkinakis said after his match.<\/p>\n

“It’s tough mentally. I spent all year rehabbing, trying to get it right. I had a surgery. It was a slightly different pain to last year. I’ll see how I wake up tomorrow. But, yeah, it’s tough. It puts a dampener on the win for sure.”<\/p>\n

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