Thanasi Kokkinakis comes from behind to win five-set first round match against Felix Auger-Aliassime [Video]

Thanasi Kokkinakis is not ready to say it with any certainty, but he hopes he might finally be about to take off.

A much-hyped junior career preceded a horror stretch of injuries and illness, while he has also struggled with motivation on the extended and lonely months away from home, but he could have just secured his biggest victory to date.

Down two sets to No.17 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime at Wimbledon on Tuesday, Kokkinakis also saved four match points in a dramatic third-set tiebreak before having to stew about the match overnight.

The second-round contest resumed at one-all in the fourth set on Wednesday afternoon – after another two-hour rain delay postponed the start of play – and the 93rd-ranked South Australian brought his …