Adding salt to the raw wound, Thanasi Kokkinakis' gut-wrenching second-round Australian Open loss will leave the in-form star scrambling to make the main draw of the season's remaining three grand slam events.
As if he was not already crushed enough after letting a two-sets-to-love and 5-2 lead slip against Andy Murray, Kokkinakis is now in a desperate race against the clock to lift his flagging ranking before the French Open in May.
