Promising Australian youngster Bernard Tomic has claimed the biggest scalp of his short career to reach the Australian Open second round for the third successive year.After gaining entry into the Grand Slam event through a wildcard, Tomic played impressively in gunning down world No.44 Jeremy Chardy 6-3 6-2 7-6 at Melbourne Park's Hisense Arena.
Tomic gained control of the match early on and showed more poise than his experienced French opponent throughout, breaking Chardy three times and not dropping his own serve.
The two-time junior grand slam champion unveiled a highly improved serve and evidently stronger ground strokes, and seemed pleased with his performance.
"It is the greatest feeling just to play in this tournament", a clearly ecstatic Tomic said.
"It got a bit scary in the third, but I'm glad I pulled it off in three. Anything could have happened in that fourth set".
Tomic's task now gets harder, booking a second-round date on Thursday with Spanish No.31 seed Feliciano Lopez who defeated Columbian Alejandro Falla in straight sets.
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