Officials to review ‘terrible’ Tomic’s quick loss to Tsonga

Bernard Tomic is certain to come under the scrutiny of Wimbledon officials after another feeble grand slam surrender.

Australia's Bernard Tomic serves against France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Picture: AFP

Bernard Tomic is certain to come under the scrutiny of Wimbledon officials after another feeble grand slam surrender.

The Queenslander flopped 6-2 6-1 6-4 against Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in only 58 minutes — the fastest men’s singles loss of the tournament.

In a match with echoes of the Queenslander’s equally feeble French Open surrender to Taylor Fritz, Tomic earned $81,000, making each of the 47 points he won worth $1723.

“I just played terrible,” Tomic said. “I returned pretty bad. Didn’t see his serve. Pretty terrible match. Played well last week. This week, tough first round. I knew if I didn’t feel good I’d lose this match quickly.

“We played so fast. It’s not like we’re gonna have a lot of rallies out there, for sure.

“I think I played as best as I could. It’s just I played terrible. And he served 24 aces.”

Tournament officials will review the match and make a judgment under the sport’s “best efforts” provisions.

Tsonga said he expected Tomic to play the way he did.

“He’s always played like this,” the Australian Open finalist said.

“I remember I played him few times, and once was difficult because he just played like this, drop shot, was playing well.

“I didn’t find a way to put enough rhythm in the match, and it was complicated for me.”

Tomic’s exit came as Alex de Minaur and John Millman powered into the second round.

Millman is confident of reaching the second week of Wimbledon for the first time after brushing aside All England debutant Hugo Dellien in straight sets. Millman, who beat Roger Federer en route to a memorable run to the quarter- finals of the US Open last year, faces Serbian Laslo Djere tonight and victory would see him meet the unseeded Sam Querrey or Andrey Rublev in the third round.

Millman cruised past the world No 83 from Bolivia 6-2 6-3 6-4 in an hour and 40 minutes.

Djere beat Argentine Guido Andreozzi on Tuesday and Millman said he’s excited to face him but wary of the threat he offers. “Laslo’s jumped out onto the scene right now,” he said.

Herald Sun, AAP