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MALLORCA: Australia’s forgotten bad boy Bernard Tomic earned his first ATP main draw victory since 2021 on Tuesday as he hit back from a set down to beat Rinky Hijikata at the Mallorca Open.
Tomic, once ranked 17th in the world but now languishing down at 248, battled to a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 to set up a clash against Roberto Bautista Agut.
It was his first main draw win since beating Yuichi Sugita in the opening round of the 2021 Australian Open.
Bautista Agut, 37, continued his recent resurgence with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
Published in Dawn, June 25th, 2025
