Thanasi Kokkinakis: 'Serena Williams is so strong on the ball'
A few months ago hit with at the Patrick Mouratoglou academy near Nice. The Australian player enjoyed his time with the American legend. She hits really well, Kokkinakis recognized speaking in a press conference.
Shes so strong on the ball. Yeah, I mean, I was expecting her to be good. We didnt play any points or anything like that. We just hit. Patrick asked me. I said, Yeah, sure, in France. She knew a lot more about me than I thought.
Shes super nice, super bubbly. Hopefully, she does well here. I dont see why not. Shes so strong, so strong on the ball. When I thought I hit some good shots that even some male players might even struggle with, she took it on the rise, handled it pretty well.
Its okay. Its tough (smiling). Bernard Tomic heavily criticized Lleyton Hewitt on Monday, but Kokkinakis prefers not to share his opinion: I dont really want to answer that stuff right now. Im just pissed off I lost tonight, retired.
Yeah, thats all Im saying for that. On his injury, Kokkinakis concluded: Its not great. Again, especially after the satisfying feeling of qualifying, doing it the hard way a little bit, felt like my tennis was in a really good spot.
So, yeah, I came in with a little bit of a cloud, but it just started getting way worse during the match. Got to a point where it was affecting me, coming down my arm, just wasnt great. Yeah, its tough. Especially just the atmosphere here is so good.
I love playing in front of those guys. I felt like I was actually playing pretty good tennis. I just couldnt serve or hit a hardball. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title
