Thanasi Kokkinakis is not afraid to admit he's a bit like Bambi on ice when it comes to grass court tennis.
"Are you tentative when you play on grass?" he was asked the other day. "Yep," came the immediate, unhesitating response, without a flicker of a smile.
The big Australian's feeling of insecurity on the surface is something that's bugged him ever since he slipped on a wet court two years ago at a Challenger tournament in Surbiton and sprained the MCL in his knee.
