Bernard Tomic notches first tour-level win in 1,597 days with Mallorca victory

Bernard Tomic is back in the tour-level win column.

For the first time in 1,597 days at that.

On Tuesday, the 32-year-old rallied past countryman Rinky Hijikata for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory at the Mallorca Championships. Tomic, who knocked off top seed Aleksandar Kovacevic to successfully qualify at the ATP 250 grass-court event, rallied from a set and 5-3 down to extend his stay.

The last time Tomic celebrated a win at the tour level was the 2021 Australian Open, a non-completed victory against Yuichi Sugita that ended with his Japanese opponent retiring late in their third set after splitting the first two. The holder of four ATP titles, Tomic’s ranking dropped to No. 240 when the cutoff for Wimbledon qualifying was made.

The Australian ultimately chose to pursue a main-draw spot in Mallorca over the wait-and-see scenario as an alternate for the qualifying draw at The Championships. A win in the second round could send the former world No. 17 back inside the Top 200.

Tomic next meets an in-form Roberto Bautista Agut, the No. 7 seed. A former Wimbledon semifinalist himself, Bautista Agut fended off Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.

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The 37-year-old is coming off a final-four showing at The Queen’s Club in London, where he ousted Jakub Mensik and Holger Rune before eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz halted his run.

Second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, fourth seed Tallon Griekspoor and sixth seed Gabriel Diallo, the recent 's-Hertogenbosch champion, joined Bautista Agut in moving through to the quarterfinals. Top seed Ben Shelton clashes with fellow left-handed American Learner Tien in his opener Wednesday.