The Gold Coast Bulletin

Tomic scores easy win

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GOLD Coast tennis player Bernard Tomic has led Australia’s opening-day Wimbledon qualifying charge.

Tomic, 25, cruised into the second round of qualifying for the grand slam event with a 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 win over Italian Matteo Donati at the Bank of England sports club in London.

The former world No.17 is playing qualifiers for the All England Championsh­ips for the first time since 2011 when he made it all the way to the quarter-finals as an 18-year-old.

Tomic’s appearance at Wimbledon last year earned him a $20,000 fine for admitting he feigned injury and was “a little bored” during his firstround loss to Mischa Zverev.

Fellow Australian­s Thanasi Kokkinakis, Alex Bolt, Jason Kubler and John-Patrick Smith also won in the first round.

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