For most spectators and elite tennis players, the Australian Open starts next week when 128 men and 128 women will take part in the opening round of the main event. This week, 128 men and 128 women will be battling it out to try and secure one of the qualifying places available for those players […]
10/02/2021 15:00
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, number two player worldwide, dramatically qualified for the third round of the Australian Open tournament, the first Grand Slam of the year, after defeating Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, by 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, on Wednesday, in Melbourne, according to AGERPRES.
Halep (29 years old), the second favorite of the tour, had a formidable comeback in the decisive match, from 2-5, winning after 2 hours and 34 minutes.
Halep now has 5-0 in the direct matches with Ajla Tomljanovic (27 years old, 69 WTA), whom she defeated for the first time in 2010, in Lisbon, in the Fed Cup, by 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-6 (2), then again in 2019 during the second tour in Cincinnati, by 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, in 2019 at Roland Garros by 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, and the last time in the previous year in Adelaide, by 6-4, 7-5.
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The Australian Open gets underway this weekend in the unusual setting of the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar.
In an innovative way to overcome the logistical nightmare created by the need to quarantine all participants, organisers of the Australian Open opted for the first time to hold this part of the tournament offshore and fly back to Australia only the 16 successful players (and six alternatives) in both the men’s and the women’s section.
There may be an extra edge to qualifying for the Australian Open this year, but it won’t stop Bernard Tomic from trying to revive his career yet again.
There may be an extra edge to qualifying for the Australian Open this year, but it won’t stop Bernard Tomic from trying to revive his career yet again.