The start of this fifth set has been pretty ho-hum – at least on court.
The crowd are riding every point Kokkinakis wins. They love the Kokk in Melbourne!
As a side note, this is the 20th five setter of the tournament already, and we’re only at the end of the first round.
To put it into perspective, there were only 29 five-setters all tournament last year.
The balls are copping a large brunt of the blame – once they fluff up, they slow down and rallies extend much longer.