Wimbledon Day 6, Round 3

With expected victories by Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the books today, and Djokovich up in sets 2-1, the story of the day has been teenage Australian player Bernard Tomic defeating 5th seeded Robin Soderling today in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 to reach the Wimbledon Quarterfinals.

Tomic has been the hope of the Australian tennis public for a few years now, after winning both the 2008 Australian Open Jr Title and the 2009 US Open Junior title.  Since then, his career has been stalled, unable to win more than one match at any Grand Slam Senior Tournament.

This year, Tomic has shown great progress.  He made the third round of the Australian Open but was defeated by #1 player Rafael Nadal.  Today he showed again why Australia thinks he follow Leyton Hewitt as the next big Australian tennis star.

Bernard Tomic, photo courtesy of browsebiography.com