Bernard Tomic kept his Australian Open campaign alive with a four set win over Sam Querrey on Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday.
Querrey was once ranked 17 in the world and he came out determined to put the young Aussie upstart in his place. And after a set of big hitting tennis from the American, he had most of the crowd on Rod Laver a little worried.
However Tomic has made a habit of coming from behind to win big matches recently and he worked his way around Querrey's power to pull through 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-3.
"It was tough because he was hitting his forehand well," Tomic told the press. "And, yeah, not only getting his serve back was hard, he was hitting the forehand big. I think I was guessing the wrong way in the first set, and second set I started guessing the right way and, you know, he started missing a lot more first serves. It gave me chances to break him a few more times."
"It's very difficult playing in the heat and [then] playing at night. Totally different ball game. During the day you've got to survive. You're not only playing the player, you're playing the heat as well. At night it's a bit slower and bit colder and a bit more wind, so it's a bit more difficult. But you got to learn to adapt, and a whatever you get thrown at you you have to learn to deal with it."
Tomic will next play Alexandr Dolgopolov who reached the quarters in Melbourne last year.
