Balanced News: Kokkinakis unleashes on ref over ‘terrible’ call

Thanasi Kokkinakis has secured one of the biggest wins of his career, ousting Russia’s Andrey Rublev at the Adelaide International 2, but not before a fiery clash with a chair umpire. Kokkinakis continued his impressive summer, beating Rublev, the tournament’s No.1 seed 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to advance. After being pinged for waiting, Kokkinakis offered Egyptian chair umpire Adel Nour some terse words in the process.