{"id":406603,"date":"2026-01-14T12:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/406603\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:27:08","slug":"tomics-australian-open-hopes-end-in-qualifying-loss-tomljanovic-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/406603\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomic’s Australian Open hopes end in qualifying loss; Tomljanovic hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan 14, 2026, 05:40 AM ET<\/p>\n

Bernard Tomic’s hopes of an Australian Open resurrection have been scuttled with the veteran making a second-round exit from qualifying at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old former wunderkind was bidding for his first main draw berth in five years, needing three wins in qualifying to earn a start. But Tomic was unable to back up his first-round victory, falling to Great Britain’s Arthur Fery in their Wednesday clash 6-4 6-2.<\/p>\n

It was 23-year-old France-born Fery’s second successive win over an Australian after accounting for Edward Winter in round one.<\/p>\n

While Tomic spoke of his joy to be playing in front of home fans after his first round straight-sets win over Bolivian 25th seed Hugo Dellien, he declined any interviews: “Not today”, he said as he brushed past media.<\/p>\n

Bernard Tomic\u00a0Photo by Morgan Hancock\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Ranked 184 and playing most of the year on the ATP Challenger Tour, Tomic is coming off his most successful season in seven years.<\/p>\n

The former world No.17 competed in 35 tournaments in 2025 amassing 44 wins, 35 losses, making almost $360,000. Still, it could be the last time Tomic, who last played in the Open in 2021 when he reached the second round, is seen at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Ajla Tomljanovic’s Australian Open is in jeopardy after being forced to retire hurt early in her Adelaide International clash against fellow Australian Maya Joint.<\/p>\n

Tomljanovic won the initial two games of the all-Australian second-round match on centre court on Wednesday night before succumbing to a right shoulder injury.<\/p>\n

Leading 2-0 and with scores at deuce in the third game, the 32-year-old Tomljanovic called a medical time-out.<\/p>\n

The world No.76, given a wildcard into the Adelaide WTA 500 tournament, was unable to continue and is now doubtful for the Open starting Sunday in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

World No. 32 Joint, the nation’s top-ranked female, advances to the quarterfinals in the South Australian capital.<\/p>\n

Earlier Wednesday, Daria Kasatkina’s hopes of a first title since her switch to Australian nationality were dashed with a second-round exit.<\/p>\n

But Australian Open champion Madison Keys, also defending her crown in Adelaide, progressed to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Russian-born Kasatkina fell to world No.35 Jaqueline Cristian 6-4 6-0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan 14, 2026, 05:40 AM ET Bernard Tomic’s hopes of an Australian Open resurrection have been scuttled with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-406603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}