The opening rounds of the Australian Open have claimed a host of casualties amongst the number of Greek and Greek Australian competitors.
Of the six players who started in the first Grand Slam event of the year, only Nick Kyrgios made it past the first two rounds.
Greek born competitors Dimitra Fourli, Maria Sakkari, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Greek Australian Thanassis Kokkinakiss, each bowed out after opening round losses.

Kokkinos bowed out in a four set loss to Russian Danill Medvedev whilst Fourli and Sakkari each lost in three sets to Australia’s Olivia Rogowska and Czech born Katerina Siniakova respectively.

Former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, made it past the first round by defeating India’s Yuki Bhambri in straight sets only to succumb to Andrey Rublev in a four setter in round two.

Kyrgios has matched clinical efficiency with composure in his first two round wins at this year’s Open. Not only has he not dropped a set, but he has impressed observers with his focus and temperament. In Wednesday evening’s second round win against Serb Victor Troicki, Kyrgios drew praise not only for the 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 win, but also for his composure throughout a match which threw up several distractions to both players including a serial pest, a noisy overhead helicopter and a faulty umpire’s microphone which produced distracting feedback.

The win set up a third round encounter against 32 year old Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga, played last night. For the winner of that match, third seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov looms as a possible fourth round opponent. Kyrgios recently defeated Dimitrov in a semi-final on his way to winning the Brisbane Open.

Beyond that, the draw opens up with either Karlovic, Seppi, Basilashvili or Edmund as possible Quarter Final opponents