A quick look at the 18 year old Wimbledon quarter-finalist
The Australians have something to cheer about on the tennis front for the first time in a while as Bernard Tomic made his way into the top 100 after a brilliant set of displays from the Aussie this year. He has been a household name for Australian tennis fans for a few years now as the man that will put Australian tennis back on the top stage.
In the Australian Open 2008 he became the youngest boy ever to win the boys singles title at age 15. He then went on to win the US Open junior titles in 2009. He had an illustrious career as a junior as he also won the prestigious orange bowl tournament three times!
He is having his breakthrough year right now with a win to loss ratio of 9-9 which is amazing for an 18 year old he also managed to make it through to the round of 32 in the Australian Open where he lost to the former world No1 Rafael Nadal.
He then played the best tournament he has played yet at Wimbledon where he managed to make it through qualifying which was quite impressive in the first place. He then took out the 27th seed Nikolay Davydenko, the 79th seed Igor Andreev, 5th seed Robin Soderling and 42nd seed Xavier Malisse in a row! Before reaching the in form Serbian Novak Djokovic who he still managed to get a set off in the quarter finals. He came into the competition ranked 158th and left the competition ranked 71st!
He has played alot of good tennis until now but has come up against strong players but the most impressive thing about him is that mentally he is always strong. Like a true champion.
One thing is for sure. Expect to see Bernard Tomic and the top of the men's game in the next few years!
