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    Default Tomics Australian Open Campain Thread

    Hey thought id start of this thread...by now everybody know bernard Tomic is a loyal Gold Coast Titans Supporter...Best of luck in round 3

    Tomic through to third round of Open

    RED-hot Bernard Tomic has racked up his ninth straight win of the summer to book a likely third-round Australian Open blockbuster with Roger Federer.

    In heatwave conditions at Rod Laver Arena, the Gold Coaster kept his cool after dropping the opening set to see off big-serving German qualifier Daniel Brands 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (10-8) in two hours and 55 minutes this afternoon.

    Tomic is through to the Open's last 32 for the third consecutive summer and will almost certainly get the chance to reverse his fourth-round loss last year to Federer.

    The 17-times grand slam champion will carry an imposing 17-2 win-loss record into his second-round clash later on Thursday against Russian veteran Nikolay Davydenko.

    Should the Saturday night showstopper materialise, Tomic will fancy his chances of knocking over the grand slam king after serving up another treat against Brands.

    Despite the tightness of the match, Tomic was rock solid in extending his highly impressive run of service holds to 76 games stretching back to the quarter-finals in Sydney last week.

    The 20-year-old also found it almost impossible to make inroads on Brands' serve - but achieved the only two breaks of the match to prevail after two hours and 41 minutes.

    The tall German took the opening set in a tiebreaker without offering up a solitary break point.

    Brands and Tomic continued to hold serve with ease right up until the 11th game of the second set when the Australian turned the match with a flash of brilliance.

    The youngster showed great foot speed and balance to whip a spectacular running forehand pass down the line to finally gain a break for 6-5.

    Tomic held his nerve to serve out the set from love-30 down and suddenly the match was back on level terms after an hour and 24 minutes.

    Incredibly, Brands didn't drop a single point on serve in the third set until double-faulting on the opening point of the pivotal tiebreaker.

    The mini break was all Tomic needed as he served out the set to nudge ahead for the first time.

    The 120th-ranked Brands came up with booming deliveries to save three match points to force the fourth-set breaker and then fought off another four match points in the breaker.

    Tomic had to fend off a set point of his own at 7-8 down in the tiebreaker and finally advanced on his eighth match point when Brands fired a forehand long.

    http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/...ast-sport.html

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    Isnt Tomic versuing Federer in the 3rd round? Its going to be a ripper of a match!
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