Tomljanovic

For the 2nd year in a row Ajla Tomljanovic is out in the Wimbledon quarterfinals with Elena Rybaking being better 4-6 6-2 6-3. Tomljanovic opened the match ...

She was up 5-1 and served for the match at that score but dropped her serve in the last rallying effort from Tomljanovic. She did finish it off with 6-3 with several strong serves. She improved her level a little bit in the 2nd set as Tomljanovic dropped off a cliff. She was able to win many free points thanks to her serve particularly as the match went on and Tomljanovic dropped in level.

Elena Rybakina aced past Alja Tomljanovic to reach her first career major semifinal at Wimbledon. Photo credit: Getty. With a final powerful ace, Elena Rybakina ...

Serving for the match again later at 5-3, Rybakina made no mistakes this time. That allowed Tomljanovic to break for 2-5 and stay in the contest. Rybakina assumed control of the third set and the match when she broke Tomljanovic early on for 2-0 lead. Rybakina raced out to a 5-1 lead and served for the match. Rybakina finally started to make more in-roads into the Australian’s game as she forced Tomljanovic out of her strike zone. Tomljanovic couldn’t sustain her momentum as she quickly fell behind a service break in her opening game of the second set.

No.17 seed Elena Rybakina came from a set down to defeat Ajla Tomljanovic at Wimbledon and become the first Kazakh to reach a Grand Slam semifinal.

A slew of unforced errors saw her fail to serve out the match, and when she reached match point on the Tomljanovic serve at 5-2, her forehand found the net. But stepping up to the line a second time, Rybakina made no mistake. In the second set, it was Rybakina's turn to be near-watertight on serve, conceding only one point behind her first delivery. Match management: Tomljanovic, contesting her second straight Wimbledon quarterfinal and also bidding to reach her first major semifinal, opened the match in formidable form. She hit back at the start of the second set, breaking Tomljanovic with an efficient dropshot-volley combination for 2-0. Prior to Wimbledon, Rybakina had not reached a quarterfinal since Indian Wells in March, and she had won only one grass-court match in two tournaments.

Moscow-born Elena Rybakina dropped her first set of the Championships but reached a maiden semi-final in SW19.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. It was a really tough match but I heard all the support. “I am really happy I got through to the semi-final.

Elena Rybakina reached her first Grand Slam semi-final after fighting back to beat Ajla Tomljanovic in three sets at Wimbledon.

"I want to say a really big thanks to the people who came to watch us today and supported us. "I started a bit slow, I didn't serve that well," Rybakina explained. We've already played a few times - it was a tough battle. "I am really happy that I got through to the semi final. "I tried to focus on my serve to find my way and in the end I found it." It’s really nice and an amazing atmosphere.

While Ajla Tomljanovic exits Wimbledon 2022 in the quarterfinals, she sees another career-best run at SW19 as a stepping stone to further success.

There were brief signs of a recovery when Tomljanovic broke serve as Rybakina first served for the match at 5-2 in the third set, but it proved only temporary. “I’m really proud of the fact that I managed to play back-to-back quarters. “I definitely think it’s been a step forward, and I can just build off of that.” But with a run of seven games straight, Rybakina convincingly claimed the ascendancy. (It was) actually one of the cleanest sets I’ve played all tournament,” Tomljanovic said. Combining power with precision, especially with her backhand, Tomljanovic was the early aggressor on Wimbledon’s No.1 Court.

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Now I think I’m in a different spot, for sure. I played someone that was playing unbelievable tennis,” Tomljanovic said of her 6-1, 6-3 loss to Barty. Alja will be hoping to continue her rich vein of form with a victory over Rybakina in tonight’s quarter-final and then look to build towards achieving her career goal of becoming the number one ranked player in the world. Building on the momentum from her first ever quarter-final appearance at Wimbledon last year, Tomljanović reached a career best 38th in the WTA women’s singles rankings at the end of February this year, prior to some tough results which followed. After breaking through to the top 50 for the first time in 2014 and looking to continue her ascension through the rankings, Tomljanović suffered a serious shoulder injury in early 2016 that ended her season and led to a long road to recovery. The 29-year-old Aussie is hoping to use the lessons she learned from the experience of her crushing quarter-final defeat at the hands of compatriot, and former world number one, Barty to propel her into the semi-finals of a Grand Slam championship for the first time in her career.

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Kyrgios, who on Wednesday reached the Wimbledon semi-finals, has been summoned to appear in a Canberra court back home in Australia next month amid allegations ...

“Given the matter is before the court … he doesn’t have a comment at this stage, but in the fullness of time we’ll issue a media release.” He said: “The nature of the allegation is serious, and Mr Kyrgios takes the allegation very seriously. A police statement said: “ACT Policing can confirm a 27-year-old Watson man is scheduled to face the ACT Magistrates’ Court on August 2 in relation to one charge of common assault following an incident in December 2021.”

Elena Rybakina aced past Alja Tomljanovic to reach her first career major semifinal at Wimbledon. Photo credit: Getty. With a final powerful ace, Elena Rybakina ...

Serving for the match again later at 5-3, Rybakina made no mistakes this time. That allowed Tomljanovic to break for 2-5 and stay in the contest. Rybakina assumed control of the third set and the match when she broke Tomljanovic early on for 2-0 lead. Rybakina raced out to a 5-1 lead and served for the match. Rybakina finally started to make more in-roads into the Australian’s game as she forced Tomljanovic out of her strike zone. Tomljanovic couldn’t sustain her momentum as she quickly fell behind a service break in her opening game of the second set.

The Croatian-born Australian tennis player's relationship with Kyrgios is said to have ended in 2018.

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Moscow-born Elena Rybakina dropped her first set of the Championships but reached a maiden semi-final in SW19.

It was a really tough match but I heard all the support. “I am really happy I got through to the semi-final. Tomljanovic was able to briefly prevent what now seemed a formality before Rybakina’s 14th ace of the contest brought it to a finish after one hour and 15 minutes of action.

The Croatian-born Australian tennis player's relationship with Kyrgios is said to have ended in 2018.

“Given the matter is before the court … he doesn’t have a comment at this stage, but in the fullness of time we’ll issue a media release.” He said: “The nature of the allegation is serious, and Mr Kyrgios takes the allegation very seriously. A police statement said: “ACT Policing can confirm a 27-year-old Watson man is scheduled to face the ACT Magistrates’ Court on August 2 in relation to one charge of common assault following an incident in December 2021.”

Kyrgios is the last Australian standing at Wimbledon after another former girlfriend, Ajla Tomljanovic earlier lost her quarter-final clash in three sets.

'I felt I was playing on the back foot a lot. 'Quite disappointing that after almost 2 hours of playing my quarterfinals that that was the first question the journalist chose to ask me, and never proceeded to ask anything match related. 'It was hard to kind of just focus on kind of the mission at hand. 'At the start of the year I didn't know if I wanted to play a proper schedule. 'I posted last year about the mental state I was in 2019. Don't take this opportunity for granted,' Kyrgios wrote. Glad to see headlines mostly about that now. 'It didn't really affect my preparation at all. After his impressive victory, Kyrgios also hit back about the critical comments over his decision not to have a coach. 'I have a lot of thoughts, a lot of things I want to say - my side about it,' he said. Fellow Aussie Ajla Tomljanovic (pictured) was angry following a grilling by the media about Nick Kyrgios after she bowed out of Wimbledon in three sets Kyrgios had too much firepower for Cristian Garin, eliminating the unseeded Chilean 6-4 6-3 7-6 (7-5) in two hours and 13 minutes at Wimbledon on Wednesday - barely 24 hours after it was revealed his former girlfriend Chiara Passari had accused him of assault.

The Croatian-born Australian's relationship with Kyrgios is said to have ended in 2018. Kyrgios, who on Wednesday reached the Wimbledon semi-finals, has been ...

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'Do better': Aussie star slams 'disappointing' Kyrgios question after Wimbledon exit.

Later, Tomljanovic tweeted: “Quite disappointing that after almost 2 hours of playing my quarterfinals that that was the first question the journalist chose to ask me, and never proceeded to ask anything match related. A reporter began the press conference by asking Tomljanovic: “You were in a relationship with Nick Kyrgios for some time. But yeah, I mean I haven’t had that experience with him.”

Aussie tennis star Ajla Tomljanovic had a fantastic Wimbledon tournament, making it all the way to the quarter-finals before falling in a three-set clash.

I hope it gets resolved...but yeah, I mean I haven’t had that experience with him. REPORTER: You were in a relationship with Nick Kyrgios for some time. I would like to keep it like that.

Ajla Tomljanovic was angry that her old flame Kyrgios was the first thing she was asked about - repeatedly - after her heartbreaking loss to Elena Rybakina ...

Actually one of the cleanest sets I've played all tournament,' Tomljanovic said. Obviously angered by the ambush, Tomljanovic later tweeted: 'Quite disappointing that after almost 2 hours of playing my quarterfinals that that was the first question the journalist chose to ask me, and never proceeded to ask anything match related. Tomljanovic was immediately asked, 'You were in a relationship with Nick Kyrgios for some time. Tomljanovic vented her frustration with the line of questioning in a tweet after her loss Glad to see headlines mostly about that now. I hope it gets resolved.

Australian tennis player, Ajla Tomljanovic's Wimbledon press conference was overshadowed by a question about her ex-boyfriend Nick Kyrgios.

Quite disappointing that after almost 2 hours of playing my quarterfinals that that was the first question the journalist chose to ask me, and never proceeded to ask anything match related. After the exchange, Tomljanovic took to Twitter to air her frustrations, “Quite disappointing that after almost 2 hours of playing my quarterfinals that that was the first question the journalist chose to ask me, and never proceeded to ask anything match related. Glad to see headlines mostly about that now.

Kyrgios has also spoken publicly about the allegations against for the first time.

“But a bit of a different feeling than last year just because I really felt like I was in this match. “It was hard to kind of just focus on kind of the mission at hand. “It didn’t really affect my preparation at all. Actually one of the cleanest sets I’ve played all tournament,” Tomljanovic said. Pierre Johannessen, the instructing lawyer in the matter, said Kyrgios was “taking the matter seriously” and was committed to addressing “any and all allegations once clear”. “I’m really proud of the fact that I managed to play back-to-back quarters. It was quarter-finals of Wimbledon today. “Given the matter is before the court ... he doesn’t have a comment at this stage, but in the fullness of time we’ll issue a media release.” “The nature of the allegation is serious, and Mr Kyrgios takes the allegation very seriously. “It’s in the context of a domestic relationship,” Moffett told The Canberra Times. “Obviously, I have a lot of thoughts, a lot of things I want to say, kind of my side about it,” Kyrgios said after reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time. The in-form Canberran said he was keen to tell his side of the story, but that he would have to wait until his day in court.

Ajla Tomljanovic has taken aim at the immediate line of questioning directed her way about former partner Nick Kyrgios, immediately after losing her ...

I came in really believing that I could win, where maybe that wasn’t the case last year. “I don’t like chasing points. Instead, a reporter from The Times of London asked about her past relationship with Kyrgios, the latter having this week been summoned to court in Canberra after he was accused of allegedly assaulting his former girlfriend, Chiara Passari. I would like to keep it like that. But [it’s] a bit of a different feeling than last year just because I really felt like I was in this match. I hope it gets resolved.

Ajla Tomljanovic just came of a tough quarter-final loss at Wimbledon but the line of questioning from medi...

That sense of frustration was compounded by the line of questioning taken by media in her post-match press conference. She’s moving really well, reading the game. She finished the match with 15 aces. She lost in the fourth round last year. “She’s a great champion. "It's been a while since our relationship ended.

With Nick Kyrgios due to face court in Canberra after allegedly assaulting an ex-girlfriend, another ex-partner, Ajla Tomljanović, is asked a post-game ...

"What was your experience of being in a relationship with him?" "We need the justice system to carry the weight of that, and for sports to understand that if someone is charged, we need to wait [for an outcome]. "I'm definitely against domestic violence. "Ignoring the significant achievements of of Ajla Tomljanović in favour of sensationalist journalism comes at a cost, and that cost is perpetuating gender inequality in sport and society — the leading cause of violence against women." I hope it gets resolved. The journalist appeared to be asking the 29-year-old to provide a character assessment of Kyrgios at a time when he is facing a charge that carries a maximum sentence of two years in jail.

Australian tennis player Ajla Tomljanovic, 29, isn't planning on retiring anytime soon as she has indicated she plans to play for many more years.

And then it clicked last year, so this year I had much more confidence going into the tournament. Everybody used to tell me: ’Oh, but you can be great on grass’, but I was not able to find the right balance, it just did not feel right. In February, Tomljanovic achieved a career-high ranking of No. 38 in the world and this year she reached back-to-back Wimbledon quarterfinals.