Thanasi Kokkinakis fears his French Open hopes may have been compromised by his latest late-night grand slam marathon -- but at least the dismal Paris weather could aid and abet his recovery.
The Adelaide warrior was left aching and weary after his near four-and-a-half hour triumph over pal Alexei Popyrin concluded at 11.37pm on Tuesday and meant that the self-confessed "horrendous" sleeper did not get to bed until over four hours later, leaving him to concede: "It definitely hurts me for later rounds."
Just how badly it hurts him was originally set to be learned on Thursday when the 28-year-old, scheduled as third on court in the day session, will be given another tough physical examination by tough Italian clay-courter Giulio Zeppieri as he bids to reach the third round for the third time in his career.
