Tomljanovic secures return to top-100

Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic has made hard work of it, but the current world no. 111 will jump to at least no. 93 when the rankings are updated next week.

The 31-year-old had not made the most of three match points when taken to a tie-break in the decider, it took another four to get the job done against Japan’s world no. 148 Ena Shibahara.

Tomljanovic, who is again on the comeback trail has previously been as high as no. 32 back in April 2023.

The Australian winning the quarterfinal match 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(8) in two hours and 33 minutes.

Tomljanovic will face either no. 1 seed Jessica Pegula or Anna Blinkova in the semifinals at the WTA 250 tournament in Austin, Texas.