Bernard Tomic's Australian Open comeback bid ends in disaster - and Lleyton Hewitt's son also struggles Bernard Tomic's attempt to return to the Grand Slam circuit has seen him smashed off the court in an embarrassing straight-sets loss at Melbourne's Kia Arena on Tuesday.
The former world No.17 needed to win three straight sudden-death matches to qualify for the Australian Open but fell at the first hurdle, going down 6-3, 6-1 to Slovakia's Jozef Kovalik, who is ranked 128 in the world.
The polarising Aussie was wiped off the court in just 61 minutes as he fell to a straight-sets loss to Slovakia's Jozef Kovalik.
That loss set a world record for the fastest defeat in an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Event.
Last year Tomic earned $101,170 playing in Challenger and Future events in spots such as Wichita, Little Rock and Calabasas.
