Tomic Close To Returning To Wimbledon Main Draw

Aussie Bernard Tomic, 2011 Wimbledon quarter-finalist, is a match away from qualifying for the 2018 edition of The Championships, which begin on Monday.

The 30th-seeded Tomic dismissed Tomislav Brkic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-2, 6-4 to move into the third and final round of qualifying. The 25-year-old Tomic will face second seed Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium for a spot in the main draw.

#NextGenATP American Michael Mmoh has never played at the All-England Club as a professional but he advanced to the final round of qualifying 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-0 against 27-year-old Egyptian Mohamed Safwat, who made his Grand Slam debut by qualifying at Roland Garros.

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Frenchman Nicolas Mahut, who won the 2016 Wimbledon doubles title with countryman Pierre-Hugues Herbert, won’t be making an appearance in the singles main draw. Chile’s Christian Garin beat Mahut 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.

In other action, German Matthias Bachinger dropped only three games against Brit Daniel Evans 6-0, 6-3 to advance; Austrian Dennis Novak needed only 67 minutes to upset 21^st seed Donald Young of the U.S. 6-2, 7-5; and German Dominik Koepfer came back to beat sixth seed Gerald Melzer 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.