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Bernard Tomic defeats opponent ranked inside top 100 for first time in two years
As 16 Australians began their Wimbledon qualifying quest, forgotten man Bernard Tomic achieved a rare feat, beating a player inside the top 100 for the first time in two years to earn his place in an ATP main draw at a grass-court event in Spain. It's the first time since the 2021 Australian Open that Tomic, now down at 243 in the rankings, has booked a place in a tour-level event. The 32-year-old, who has been traversing the world playing lower level and Challenger events in his bid to get back to the top, defeated world No.77 Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 at the grass court Mallorca Championships. It set up a clash with fellow Aussie, Rinky Hijikata, who is already qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon, one of eight men and five women locked in for the year's third grand slam. We have our 4 qualifiers! Basavareddy d Navone 61 64â�°Holt d Ymer 76 63â�°Quinn d Kopriva 57 75 76 Tomic d Kovacevic 76 63 â�°â�° @ATPTour | @ATPTour_ES | #MallorcaChampionships — Mallorca Championships (@MallorcaChamps) June 22, 2025 The Mallorca event is among a swath of grass-court events where Australians already qualified for Wimbledon are rounding out their preparations. James Duckworth beat British wildcard Johannus Monday 6-4 6-2 and Aleksandar Vukic downed American Jenson Brooksby 7-5 6-3 to book their places in the Eastbourne International men's main draw. Kim Birrell also made it through Eastbourne qualifying to join Australian No. 1 Daria Kasatkina, and teen star and Maya Joint in the women's event. Former Wimbledon quarter-finalist Ajla Tomljanovic also took a walkover win over Germany's Eva Lys, to make it into the Bad Homburg WTA main draw. Men's singles: Alex de Minaur Alexei Popyrin Jordan Thompson Aleksandar Vukic Rinky Hijikata Chris O'Connell Adam Walton James Duckworth Women's singles Daria Kasatkina Kimberly Birrell Maya Joint Ajla Tomljanovic Olivia Gadecki
The Advertiser
20-05-2025
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- The Advertiser
Tomic heads trio of Aussie qualifying hopefuls in Paris
Australia's 15-strong band of hopefuls in French Open qualifying has been trimmed by a third after the first day at Roland Garros. Bernard Tomic led three players into the second round, but five lost with seven still to enter the fray. Jason Kubler and Maddison Inglis also won in Paris as they seek to join the 14 Aussies already guaranteed a place in the main draws. Qualifiers need to win three matches to secure their places. Tomic, who has not competed in a grand slam main draw match since the 2021 Australian Open, beat Hong Kong's Coleman Wong 7-6 (7-2) 6-3. Kubler, who has battled back to 210 in the rankings after missing most of 2024 with injury, scrapped his way past Spain's Alejandro Moro Canas 6-4 3-6 6-2 and Inglis took little more than an hour to dispense with Iryna Shymanovich 6-1 6-1. However, two men and three women went out on Monday. Local wildcard Mathys Erhard beat James Mccabe 6-1 6-1; Alex Bolt lost 4-6 6-4 7-5 to Pablo Llamas Ruiz; Arina Rodionova suffered a 6-2 6-2 defeat to Czech teenager Tereza Valentova; Taylah Preston went down to American veteran Varvara Lepchenko, who at 38 is twice her age, 6-4 7-5 and Priscilla Hon was narrowly beaten by Croatia's Jana Fett 6-2 4-6 7-6 (12-10) in a draining two hours 45 minutes. Playing their opening round matches on Tuesday will be Lizette Cabrera, Talia Gibson, Storm Hunter, Astra Sharma, Daria Saville, Li Tu and Omar Jasika. Among other matches in qualifying former world No.4 and 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu of Canada beat China's Xinxin Yao 6-0 6-0. Elsewhere, Daria Kasatkina's preparation for Paris were upset when she lost 6-1 6-3 to former US Open champ Emma Raducanu in the first round in Strasbourg. The world No.17, who had won her three previous matches against the British wildcard, saved three match points before succumbing. But Ajla Tomljanovic gained an encouraging win in Morocco, beating fifth-seed Viktoriya Tomova 7-5 4-6 6-3. AUSTRALIANS ALREADY IN THE FRENCH OPEN MAIN DRAW: Men: Alex de Minaur (seed), Alexei Popyrin (seed), Jordan Thompson, Aleksandar Vukic, Rinky Hijikata, Adam Walton, Chris O'Connell, James Duckworth, Tristan Scholkate (wildcard). Women: Daria Kasatkina (seed), Kim Birrell, Olivia Gadecki, Maya Joint, Ajla Tomljanovic, Destanee Aiava (wildcard). Australia's 15-strong band of hopefuls in French Open qualifying has been trimmed by a third after the first day at Roland Garros. Bernard Tomic led three players into the second round, but five lost with seven still to enter the fray. Jason Kubler and Maddison Inglis also won in Paris as they seek to join the 14 Aussies already guaranteed a place in the main draws. Qualifiers need to win three matches to secure their places. Tomic, who has not competed in a grand slam main draw match since the 2021 Australian Open, beat Hong Kong's Coleman Wong 7-6 (7-2) 6-3. Kubler, who has battled back to 210 in the rankings after missing most of 2024 with injury, scrapped his way past Spain's Alejandro Moro Canas 6-4 3-6 6-2 and Inglis took little more than an hour to dispense with Iryna Shymanovich 6-1 6-1. However, two men and three women went out on Monday. Local wildcard Mathys Erhard beat James Mccabe 6-1 6-1; Alex Bolt lost 4-6 6-4 7-5 to Pablo Llamas Ruiz; Arina Rodionova suffered a 6-2 6-2 defeat to Czech teenager Tereza Valentova; Taylah Preston went down to American veteran Varvara Lepchenko, who at 38 is twice her age, 6-4 7-5 and Priscilla Hon was narrowly beaten by Croatia's Jana Fett 6-2 4-6 7-6 (12-10) in a draining two hours 45 minutes. Playing their opening round matches on Tuesday will be Lizette Cabrera, Talia Gibson, Storm Hunter, Astra Sharma, Daria Saville, Li Tu and Omar Jasika. Among other matches in qualifying former world No.4 and 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu of Canada beat China's Xinxin Yao 6-0 6-0. Elsewhere, Daria Kasatkina's preparation for Paris were upset when she lost 6-1 6-3 to former US Open champ Emma Raducanu in the first round in Strasbourg. The world No.17, who had won her three previous matches against the British wildcard, saved three match points before succumbing. But Ajla Tomljanovic gained an encouraging win in Morocco, beating fifth-seed Viktoriya Tomova 7-5 4-6 6-3. AUSTRALIANS ALREADY IN THE FRENCH OPEN MAIN DRAW: Men: Alex de Minaur (seed), Alexei Popyrin (seed), Jordan Thompson, Aleksandar Vukic, Rinky Hijikata, Adam Walton, Chris O'Connell, James Duckworth, Tristan Scholkate (wildcard). Women: Daria Kasatkina (seed), Kim Birrell, Olivia Gadecki, Maya Joint, Ajla Tomljanovic, Destanee Aiava (wildcard). Australia's 15-strong band of hopefuls in French Open qualifying has been trimmed by a third after the first day at Roland Garros. Bernard Tomic led three players into the second round, but five lost with seven still to enter the fray. Jason Kubler and Maddison Inglis also won in Paris as they seek to join the 14 Aussies already guaranteed a place in the main draws. Qualifiers need to win three matches to secure their places. Tomic, who has not competed in a grand slam main draw match since the 2021 Australian Open, beat Hong Kong's Coleman Wong 7-6 (7-2) 6-3. Kubler, who has battled back to 210 in the rankings after missing most of 2024 with injury, scrapped his way past Spain's Alejandro Moro Canas 6-4 3-6 6-2 and Inglis took little more than an hour to dispense with Iryna Shymanovich 6-1 6-1. However, two men and three women went out on Monday. Local wildcard Mathys Erhard beat James Mccabe 6-1 6-1; Alex Bolt lost 4-6 6-4 7-5 to Pablo Llamas Ruiz; Arina Rodionova suffered a 6-2 6-2 defeat to Czech teenager Tereza Valentova; Taylah Preston went down to American veteran Varvara Lepchenko, who at 38 is twice her age, 6-4 7-5 and Priscilla Hon was narrowly beaten by Croatia's Jana Fett 6-2 4-6 7-6 (12-10) in a draining two hours 45 minutes. Playing their opening round matches on Tuesday will be Lizette Cabrera, Talia Gibson, Storm Hunter, Astra Sharma, Daria Saville, Li Tu and Omar Jasika. Among other matches in qualifying former world No.4 and 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu of Canada beat China's Xinxin Yao 6-0 6-0. Elsewhere, Daria Kasatkina's preparation for Paris were upset when she lost 6-1 6-3 to former US Open champ Emma Raducanu in the first round in Strasbourg. The world No.17, who had won her three previous matches against the British wildcard, saved three match points before succumbing. But Ajla Tomljanovic gained an encouraging win in Morocco, beating fifth-seed Viktoriya Tomova 7-5 4-6 6-3. AUSTRALIANS ALREADY IN THE FRENCH OPEN MAIN DRAW: Men: Alex de Minaur (seed), Alexei Popyrin (seed), Jordan Thompson, Aleksandar Vukic, Rinky Hijikata, Adam Walton, Chris O'Connell, James Duckworth, Tristan Scholkate (wildcard). Women: Daria Kasatkina (seed), Kim Birrell, Olivia Gadecki, Maya Joint, Ajla Tomljanovic, Destanee Aiava (wildcard). Australia's 15-strong band of hopefuls in French Open qualifying has been trimmed by a third after the first day at Roland Garros. Bernard Tomic led three players into the second round, but five lost with seven still to enter the fray. Jason Kubler and Maddison Inglis also won in Paris as they seek to join the 14 Aussies already guaranteed a place in the main draws. Qualifiers need to win three matches to secure their places. Tomic, who has not competed in a grand slam main draw match since the 2021 Australian Open, beat Hong Kong's Coleman Wong 7-6 (7-2) 6-3. Kubler, who has battled back to 210 in the rankings after missing most of 2024 with injury, scrapped his way past Spain's Alejandro Moro Canas 6-4 3-6 6-2 and Inglis took little more than an hour to dispense with Iryna Shymanovich 6-1 6-1. However, two men and three women went out on Monday. Local wildcard Mathys Erhard beat James Mccabe 6-1 6-1; Alex Bolt lost 4-6 6-4 7-5 to Pablo Llamas Ruiz; Arina Rodionova suffered a 6-2 6-2 defeat to Czech teenager Tereza Valentova; Taylah Preston went down to American veteran Varvara Lepchenko, who at 38 is twice her age, 6-4 7-5 and Priscilla Hon was narrowly beaten by Croatia's Jana Fett 6-2 4-6 7-6 (12-10) in a draining two hours 45 minutes. Playing their opening round matches on Tuesday will be Lizette Cabrera, Talia Gibson, Storm Hunter, Astra Sharma, Daria Saville, Li Tu and Omar Jasika. Among other matches in qualifying former world No.4 and 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu of Canada beat China's Xinxin Yao 6-0 6-0. Elsewhere, Daria Kasatkina's preparation for Paris were upset when she lost 6-1 6-3 to former US Open champ Emma Raducanu in the first round in Strasbourg. The world No.17, who had won her three previous matches against the British wildcard, saved three match points before succumbing. But Ajla Tomljanovic gained an encouraging win in Morocco, beating fifth-seed Viktoriya Tomova 7-5 4-6 6-3. AUSTRALIANS ALREADY IN THE FRENCH OPEN MAIN DRAW: Men: Alex de Minaur (seed), Alexei Popyrin (seed), Jordan Thompson, Aleksandar Vukic, Rinky Hijikata, Adam Walton, Chris O'Connell, James Duckworth, Tristan Scholkate (wildcard). Women: Daria Kasatkina (seed), Kim Birrell, Olivia Gadecki, Maya Joint, Ajla Tomljanovic, Destanee Aiava (wildcard).
The Guardian
20-05-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Forgotten man Bernard Tomic heads Australian trio of French Open hopefuls
Australia's 15-strong band of hopefuls in French Open qualifying has been trimmed by a third after the first day at Roland Garros. Bernard Tomic led three players into the second round, but five lost with seven still to enter the fray. Jason Kubler and Maddison Inglis also won in Paris as they seek to join the 14 Aussies already guaranteed a place in the main draws. Qualifiers need to win three matches to secure their places. Tomic, who has not competed in a grand slam main draw match since the 2021 Australian Open, beat Hong Kong's Coleman Wong 7-6 (7-2), 6-3. Once ranked No 17 in the world, Tomic is now a lowly 236rd. Kubler, who has battled back to 210 in the rankings after missing most of 2024 with injury, scrapped his way past Spain's Alejandro Moro Canas 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 and Inglis took little more than an hour to dispense with Iryna Shymanovich 6-1, 6-1. However, two men and three women went out on Monday. Local wildcard Mathys Erhard beat James Mccabe 6-1, 6-1; Alex Bolt lost 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 to Pablo Llamas Ruiz; Arina Rodionova suffered a 6-2, 6-2 defeat to Czech teenager Tereza Valentova; Taylah Preston went down to American veteran Varvara Lepchenko, who at 38 is twice her age, 6-4, 7-5; and Priscilla Hon was narrowly beaten by Croatia's Jana Fett 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (12-10) in a draining two hours 45 minutes. Playing their opening round matches on Tuesday will be Lizette Cabrera, Talia Gibson, Storm Hunter, Astra Sharma, Daria Saville, Li Tu and Omar Jasika. Among other matches in qualifying former world No 4 and 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu of Canada beat China's Xinxin Yao 6-0, 6-0. Elsewhere, Daria Kasatkina's preparations for Paris were upset when she lost 6-1, 6-3 to former US Open champ Emma Raducanu in the first round in Strasbourg. But Ajla Tomljanovic gained an encouraging win in Morocco, beating fifth-seed Viktoriya Tomova 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. Sign up to Australia Sport Get a daily roundup of the latest sports news, features and comment from our Australian sports desk after newsletter promotion Men: Alex de Minaur (seed), Alexei Popyrin (seed), Jordan Thompson, Aleksandar Vukic, Rinky Hijikata, Adam Walton, Chris O'Connell, James Duckworth, Tristan Schoolkate (wildcard). Women: Daria Kasatkina (seed), Kim Birrell, Olivia Gadecki, Maya Joint, Ajla Tomljanovic, Destanee Aiava (wildcard).
