Ouch! Thanasi Kokkinakis suffers nasty fall at Monte Carlo Masters [VIDEO]
Thanasi Kokkinakis tumbled out of the Monte Carlo Masters, quite literally!
The Australian tennis player, taking on fellow young gun Karen Khachanov on Russia in the first round, was handed a 5-7 4-6 defeat on Sunday.
And Kokkinakis had a moment to forget during the one-hour and 50-minute encounter.
In an attempt to hit a backhand from way beyond the baseline, the 22-year-old ran into an advertising board that saw him suffer a nasty fall.
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— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 15, 2018
Kokkinakis, though, exacted some revenge by kicking away the board in anger.
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— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 15, 2018
He also took to his official Twitter handle to show some disappointment. “Gotta move those,” he wrote, re-tweeting a video of the tumble.
Meanwhile, Khachanov will square-off against a Frenchman, either Gilles Simon or Adrian Mannarino.