Bernard Tomic has impressed in his charge into the Wimbledon quarter finals but tonight he takes on the might of the Serbian world number two Novak Djokovic. Join us for all the live Wimbledon action from 10pm AEST.
Tomic is the youngest player since Boris Becker in 1986 and the first qualifier since Vladimir Voltchkov in 2000 to reach the quarter-finals stage of Wimbledon.
FINAL SCORE: Djokovic won: 6-2 3-6 6-3 7-5
Although few are giving him a chance, the young Aussie should not be written off.
Tomic comes into the match having beaten world number five Robin Soderling, as well as top 50 players Nikolai Davydenko and Xavier Malisse.
Tomic’s hot form has seen him serving with an accuracy of over 70%, winning over 70% of points on his first serve in his most recent match against Malisse.
This may count for little however as he comes up against the player with arguably the best return of serve in the game.
Tomic and Djokovic are familiar with each other’s games. They are regular practice hitting partners and have previously played a friendly exhibition match at Kooyong, in which Tomic won.
However, Tomic said earlier this week the pair played a practice set before Wimbledon, in which Djokovic “smashed him”.
“I did hit with him before the tournament, we played a set. He destroyed me,” said Tomic.
“Things are not looking good for me, but hopefully he destroyed me then and not on Wednesday.”
Tomic appears to have all the talent required to be a champion, but he can rely heavily on his first serve and has a tendency to capitulate at times, as we saw earlier in the year against opponents including Florian Mayer, Alex Dolgopolov and Rafael Nadal.
Conversely, Djokovic comes off a winning streak earlier this year which saw him unbeaten in 41 straight matches and is also in peak form and fitness, having lost only one set on his way to the quarter final.
It would be a big surprise for Tomic to overcome the world number two in their first ever official meeting, but Tomic will certainly make a match of it. If he can grab an early set to overcome any nerves, he may take this to the wire.
Join us as we commentate and provide live scores on the Tomic v Djokovic match.
FINAL SCORE: Djokovic won: 6-2 3-6 6-3 7-5
Lefty
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Rats. Tomic had his chances, just didn't seize them. -- Comment left via The Roar's iPhone app. Download The Roar's iPhone App in the App Store here.
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I hope you've enjoyed this live blog coverage of the Djokovic - Tomic Wimbledon quarter final. Thank you Full Match Report
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Tomic can be really proud of his efforts, pushing Djokovic all the way to the end. Well done young fella.
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Djokovic applauds Tomic in front of the crown, acknowledging his fantastic play. The players walk off the court together.
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Game Set Match to Djokovic. 6-2 3-6 6-3 7-5 Full Match Report
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The Djokovic serve proving hard to return, ball called out, Tomic challenges in vain. 40-15 Match point
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15 all, tomic firing just wide
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The crowd really trying to lift Tomic
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Djokovic now serving for the match
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Huge point from both players but Djokovic just too good. Djokovic breaks the serve. ____ Current score Djokovic leads 2 sets to 1. Djokovic leads the fourth set 6 games to 5. Tomic: 1 5 Djoko: 2 6
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Break point
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Djokovic wrongly challenges again, point goes to tomic 40-30 one challenge remaining. And deuce now.
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Tomic making an error and following it up with an unbeatable point. 30 all
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Tomic serving, double fault, 15 all
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An unforced Tomic error and a Djokovic ace and it's game to the Joker ____ Current score Djokovic leads 2 sets to 1. fourth set 5 games all. Tomic: 1 5 Djoko: 2 5
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A great shot by Tomic being challenged by Djokovic, it's in! Deuce, djokovic with 2 remaining challenges
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Djokovic pulling out the big serves, 40 -30
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great play from Djokovic brings it back to 30 all
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Brilliant passing forehannd even beats Djokovic down the narrow side. 0-30 C'mon Tomic!
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It would be great to see Tomic force a fifth set by breaking Djokovic here. 0-15