Tennis
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Australian 30-year-old tennis player bernard tomic (ATP 430) reached the first Challenger Quarterfinals since 2018.
In the 1/8 final of the Challenger in Monterrey (Mexico), Bernard was defeated. Emilio Gomez (Ecuador, ATP 91) 2 hours 4 minutes.
ATP Challenger Monterrey. Difficult. 1/8 final
bernard tomic (Australia) – Emilio Gomez (Ecuador) – 4:6, 6:4, 7:6 (7:4)
In the third set, Tomic was defeated 4:5 and hung on the match spot, but he saved him elegantly and won the match in a short time.
Known for his friendship with the famous Nick Kyrgios, as well as his 17th place in the ATP rating in 2016, Tomic also won 4 tournaments in the ATP 250 series. However, a clear decline began in his career in 2018. and first dropped to 243rd place, then dropped completely out of the top four hundred. Now they have 35 wins and only 5 losses since the summer of 2022.
Mexico will play Mitchell Krueger in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Source: Sport UA
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