Archive for category: Bernard Tomic
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Dolgopolov beats unlucky Levine, Tomic also advances at US Open
Alexandr Dolgopolov was a step away from a fast 2012 US Open exit, but managed to advance to the second round after prevailing in five sets. Bernard Tomic turned around his first round match, too. Unseeded American Jesse Levine was on the verge of surprising fourteenth-seeded Ukrainian Dolgopolov, who pulled [...] -
Federer Ousts Tomic, Reaches QFs in Cincinnati
World no. 1 Roger Federer breezed by Aussie teenager Bernard Tomic in his 3rd round match on Thursday. The Swiss maestro recently turned 31 and is showing little sign of slowing down. Dropping just 13 points on his serve, he scored the win at 6-2 6-4 in just over an [...] -
Federer and Wawrinka through to Cincinnati 3rd Round
Switzerland’s top two players both eased into the 3rd round in Cincinnati following straight-set victories. Vying to retain his world no. 1 status, Roger Federer cruised past Alex Bogomolov Jr. in his opening match at the Western & Southern Open. The four-time winner here took just 1 hour to secure [...] -
Berdych and Tomic Breeze through 2nd Round in Cincy
Tomas Berdych eased past 74th-ranked Yen-Hsun Lu in his 2nd round match in Cincinnati. The 5th seed’s trademark powerful forehand was in full display on center court as he showed no mercy to Lu who was celebrating his 29th birthday. The 6’5” Czech traded a pair of early breaks with [...] -
Defending Champion Djokovic into third round of Toronto Masters, Querrey and Haas also advance
Defending Champion Serbian Novak Djokovic defeated Australian 19-year old Bernard Tomic at the Rogers Cup and is one step closer to defend his title. The world number 2 needed 71 minutes to win 6-2 6-3. After each player holding serve twice at the beginning of the first set, Djokovic showed great strength and [...] -
Chardy, Tomic, Baghdatis through to the second round in Toronto
Bernard Tomic of Australia was able to overcome qualifier Michael Berrer in the first round of Toronto Masters. The 19 years old needed three sets and just over two hours to get through to the next round, winning 6-3 3-6 6-3. Tomic saved 5 out of 6 break points on [...] -
Japan’s Nishikori ousts Tomic at London Olympics
Fourth seed David Ferrer and fifteenth seed Kei Nishikori defeated their opponents in first round matches in the top half of the men’s singles Olympic draw. They were better than Vasek Pospisil and Bernard Tomic respectively. Although 5th-ranked Spaniard Ferrer is a clay court specialist, he nevertheless reached this year’s [...] -
Olympic Gold is bigger than a Grand Slam for Tomic
For the former teen tennis prodigy Bernard Tomic, winning gold at the Olympics at Wimbledon is bigger than taking the title at the Grand Slam tournament itself. Far more than just the year’s “fifth grand slam”, as far as Tomic is concerned the Olympics are more important than any of [...] -
Defeated Tomic Lacking Motivation
Most professional tennis players would have a wealth of excuses to hand for losing such an important match as the opening round at Wimbledon. Not so Bernard Tomic who has been refreshingly honest in admitting he lacks motivation and that a lack of application was mostly behind his shock loss [...] -
Haas through in Halle after Tomic retires
Former Halle champion Tommy Haas booked his place in the second round after his opponent Australian Bernard Tomic was forced to pull out of the match at 5-2 in the German’s favour. Tomic, who has been ill for the past few days, decided to give up the fight after 22 [...] -
Djokovic trashes Tomic in Rome and moves into third round
World no.1 Novak Djokovic cruised into the third round of the Rome Tennis Masters as he beat Australian Bernard Tomic 6-3 6-3. Djokovic, who didn’t manage to defend his Madrid Open title last week and was one of the top guys to complain about the surface change (a lot faster [...] -
Stepanek beats Tomic in Madrid, Cilic also through to 2nd round
Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic won his opening match at the Mutua Madrid Open as he overcame Australia’s Bernard Tomic 6-2 7-5 in just under 1 hour and 30 minutes. Tomic was 4-1 up in the second set, but Stepanek fought right back and despite facing two break points when [...] -
Lopez eliminates Tomic, plays Kohlschreiber in Munich SFs
No.2 seed Spaniard Feliciano Lopez moved into the BMW Open semifinals after defeating Australian Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-2. Lopez serve was working perfectly today and with 14 aces fired, the Spaniard got his revenge for the 2011 Australian Open second round defeat against Tomic. In Saturday’s semis, Lopez will face [...]
