Tomic to meet top seed Raonic in Istanbul

Australian Bernard Tomic will meet top seed Milos Raonic in the quarter-finals of the Istanbul Open.

Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic

Bernard Tomic's (pic) reward for back-to-back clay wins is a meeting with Milos Raonic in Istanbul. (AAP)

Bernard Tomic's reward for his first back-to-back ATP tour wins on clay since 2012 is a meeting with world No.6 Milos Raonic at the Istanbul Open.

Sixth-seed Tomic reached his first ATP event quarter-final since last September with a 7-5 6-3 second-round win over Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Silva.

The Australian battled back after being broken midway through the first set by Dutra Silva, ranked 69 in the world.

He regained composure to punish his opponent's errors, breaking back twice to take opening set before gaining the advantage with a single break point at 3-2 to win the second.

"He was playing very good in the first set and I was down one break so I was trying to make every ball," said world No.40 Tomic.

"I got a chance there to get a break back and from there I started to play very very aggressive."

The last time Tomic won consecutive clay court matches on tour was at the Munich Open in 2012 where he made the quarter-finals.

While reaching the third round of the Australian Open, he had only progressed last the first round of an ATP tournament once this year - last week at the Barcelona Open before pulling out with injury against Andy Murry.

His last quarter final appearance was the Shenzhen Open in September.

Canadian Ranoic came back from losing a first-set tiebreaker against Briton Aljaz Bedene to win 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 7-6 (7-3) in the second round.

Top-seed Raonic, who was playing for only the second time since February due to injury, prevailed in just over two and a half hours.


Share
2 min read

Published

Source: AAP


Share this with family and friends


Get SBS News daily and direct to your Inbox

Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS.

Download our apps
SBS News
SBS Audio
SBS On Demand

Listen to our podcasts
An overview of the day's top stories from SBS News
Interviews and feature reports from SBS News
Your daily ten minute finance and business news wrap with SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves.
A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability
Get the latest with our News podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS
SBS World News

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service
Watch the latest news videos from Australia and across the world