Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nAnd now he has built on that momentum with a scintillating 46-minute thrashing of World No.489 Alex Hernandez, dropping just one game in a 6-1, 6-0 demolition.<\/p>\n
Tomic flew out of the blocks, winning the first five games and never looked back as he closed out the match in rapid fashion, making it the quickest victory on the ATP Tour in 2026.<\/p>\n
The Stuttgart-born Aussie, now ranked 171st, will face World No. 26 Karen Khachanov in the second round.<\/p>\n
It is Tomic\u2019s first hard-court win in a main-draw match for five years.<\/p>\n
Tomic already holds the record for the quickest defeat ever, having lost to Jarkko Nieminen in just 28 minutes back in 2014.<\/p>\n
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Narrowly avoiding retirement was clearly the correct decision as he continues to make a surprise return to form.<\/p>\n
Speaking after the Lincoln Challenger, he said: \u201cI\u2019ll be as honest as I can, about 10 days ago I hit a bit of a brick wall, maybe two weeks ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said this was going to be my last year, so I guess I have to reassess a few things now.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow that I won, I\u2019m going to have to go back to the table. I\u2019m probably going to play another 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tomic reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open three times between 2012 and 2016, but it was at the All England Club where his deepest Slam run was ended in 2011 by eventual champion Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n
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