Tomic into second round at Eastbourne ATP
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Bernard Tomic is into the second round of the Eastbourne ATP event after beating Norbert Gombos 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.
Tomic, the world No.60, needed little more than an hour to get the better of qualifier and world No.90 Gombos, who could only convert one of three break point opportunities.
For Tomic it is a timely win ahead of Wimbledon next week and the third successive tournament the 24-year-old has registered a first-round victory.
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In both of those previous two tournaments Tomic then fell in the second round, to Richard Gasquet in Halle and Tomas Berdych in Stuttgart.
At Eastbourne, Tomic will face the winner of Mischa Zverev and Ryan Harrison, who play on Tuesday.
Other winners on Monday included Donald Young, Kevin Anderson and Vasek Pospisil.
