Tomljanovic angry with Kyrgios question after Wimbledon quarter-final loss | scottspits Pierik_AgeSport
Australian star Ajla Tomljanovic has expressed her disgust at the questioning directed at her about former partner Nick Kyrgios immediately after her exit at Wimbledon.ended in a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 quarter-final loss to 17th seed Elena RybakinaShe was clearly frustrated on court, having wasted an opportunity to banish last year’s memory of losing to eventual winner and former world No.1 Ashleigh Barty.
It was a case of what could have been for Tomljanovic had the upper hand against Rybakina before the Kazakh found her groove at the critical juncture of 2-2 in the second set. In contrast to Tomljanovic’s final-eight clash last year when Barty wiped her off the court, Wednesday’s match was opportunity gone begging for the Australian. Tomljanovic was entitled to victory just as much as Rybakina, provided that she played well enough for often enough.
“The good thing is that I’m playing good tennis, and I don’t see why I can’t put myself out there again in the next slam or whenever,” she said.The Florida-based Australian who applied for local citizenship in 2014 is, along with another top 100 player Daria Saville, doing her best to fill the chasm in Australian tennis created by the sudden retirement in March of Barty.
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