Overview
- Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios beat Matthew Ebden and Rajeev Ram 5-7, 6-4, 10-8 in their Brisbane International opening doubles match.
- It was Kokkinakis’s first match in 12 months after a pectoral reconstruction reportedly using a donor Achilles tendon, and he said the moment left him close to tears.
- Kyrgios played his first ATP match in 167 days as the former Australian Open doubles champions reunited after injury-disrupted seasons.
- The Australians are scheduled to face French sixth seeds Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul in the second round in Brisbane.
- Kokkinakis plans to resume singles next week at the Adelaide International, while Kyrgios is slated to open his singles campaign against Aleksandar Kovacevic.