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On his way to the title, Kokkinakis had already defeated Marin Cilic, former champion at US Open.minecraft Thanasi Kokkinakis is a popular home player who won the first ATP title in his career after defeating Arthur Rinderknech, a fellow big-server in three sets in Saturday's Adelaide International final. The Australian won 7-6 (8/6) 7-6 (7/5), and 6-3, all in 38 minutes. "I would not want to win any other title... Kokkinakis said that he has been playing on this court since he was nine years old. In great form Kokkinakis defeated Marin Cilic, former US Open champion, in a three-set semifinal nerve-jerker Friday. It was a great start to what Kokkinakis hopes to be a breakout season. In his first final in five years, Kokkinakis fought off his French opponent's pyrotechnics by the assistance of his home crowd. Little separated the big-servers a first set that almost predictably had to be decided by a tie break. After a deft play on the net that brought fans to their feet, Kokkinakis had reached 6-5. Rinderknech did not seem to be affected by his first set, and his powerful serve was difficult to crack. Kokkinakis too kept his cool on serve , but he lifted in the tie break with explosive groundstrokes to draw the match even. His momentum carried over into the third set, capturing the first break of serve in the match to secure an upper hand. Kokkinakis once again attacked Rinderknech's serve and broke his title drought. He fell to his knees as the crowd erupted. In the opening round of the Australian Open, he will take on Yannick Hanfmann who is who is a German qualified player. Rinderknech vs Alexei Popyrin from Australia in his debut.