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Tomic out of Brisbane International

Tomic out of Brisbane International

AAP/Image: SMP Images Tuesday 5 January 2010 5 Comments »

Young Australian Bernard Tomic has crashed out of the Brisbane International this morning.

The 17-year-old wildcard led 3-1 in the first set before the wheels fell off, losing 6-4 6-4 to qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jnr in the first round.

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His Ukraine opponent broke Tomic twice to win the next four games before cruising to claim the opening set.

The news didn’t get any better for Tomic in the second set.

He was broken in the opening game and that’s all the qualifier needed to extend his professional career record to 2-5, closing out the game in just over an hour.

Yet Tomic did not seem to think his early exit was a setback before using his Australian Open wildcard.

Asked what what was the biggest lesson he learnt from Tuesday’s match, Tomic laughed: “Hold serve at 3-1 up”.

Tomic next plays in Adelaide’s World Tennis Challenge from January 12-14 ahead of the Open.

It did not look like being Australia’s day at the Brisbane International, with qualifier Nick Lindahl bowing out to fourth seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in the first round 6-2 6-4.

But wildcard Carsten Ball flew the flag, bundling out German Mischa Zverev 7-5 6-1.

His reward will be taking on top seed Andy Roddick in the second round.

In other men’s first round results, James Blake dropped fellow American and fifth seed Sam Querrey 4-6 6-3 6-4 and ex-Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis accounted for American Mardy Fish 7-5 7-5.

View the full order of play and draws

Men Round 1
Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. (UKR) d Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-4 6-4

4-Tomas Berdych (CZE) d Nick Lindahl (AUS) 6-2 6-4

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  • mareets

    not surprising….a long way from beating anyone in the Top 200. Just doesn't have player smarts. Prefer Ebden any day

  • Disgusted Michele

    I am really annoyed about the website reports of Tomic and Molik being “crushed” by their opponents today and not appearing good enough to cut the mustard with the other players. Don't you realise that these players need ENCOURAGEMENT and not criticism that tears them and their confidence apart. Tell your reporters to grow up and be more generous in their comments.

  • beth

    he is too concerned about the image needs to learn some manners is he another mcinroe??

  • Paulez2

    The problem here is, they were crushed. I thought Molik was going to be defeated 6 0 6 0. She was way out of her league against devastatingly in form Clijsters. Having said that we can'r expect too much from her too soon after coming back especially someone like Clijsters who is playing like a top 5 player at present.

    With regards to Tomic, I watched that match also and it was painful to watch. Tomic looked flat. It was a boring game to watch and it was almost like they were just having a bit of a practice hit together. Same here though, we can't expect too much from this young gun yet.

  • BW

    Personally i think that these players are all awesome, people who have nothing nice to say should just keep it to themselves. Tomic is only 17 Yrs old, he would be any 17 yr old. If people think tennis is such an easy sport then why doesn't australia produce more Tennis stars. Its no easy… All the best for TOMIC

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