BERNARD Tomic doesn't look anything like a danger to the ATP World Tour's main 10 positioned players at this moment.

Here's the manner by which he depicted his execution in being packaged out of the Australian Open on Friday night: Solid, fulfilled and OK.


The 24-year-old was a long way from disrespected in his 5-7 6-7 6-7 third round misfortune to England's Dan Evans at Hisense Arena and demands he finds a sense of contentment with being dispensed with by a bloke who is essentially super hot right at this point.

This is not the response of a main 10 player. On the off chance that Bernard is not kidding about making another ambush on the main 10 rankings these are the matches he needs to win — or if nothing else be furious about losing, regardless of the possibility that his adversary played out of his skin.

Without a doubt, just the 26-year-old Brit's capacity to venture up and execute top dogs at pivotal turning points isolated the two players.

Tomic demonstrated unique class on and off the court to yield Evans demand to win. The No. 27 seed said there was no disgrace in him not having the capacity to discover a response for Evans toward the finish of each set.

It's unsafe domain for Tomic and it's precisely why he has never been to a lesser extent a risk to the world's best players.

In his post coordinate question and answer session Tomic alluded to his own play as "strong", "fulfilled" and "alright". Whenever "strong" and "alright" is being utilized to portray a third round exit against a never-seeded rival, the fight — at any rate at this moment — is as of now lost. This is not a similar player the whole world thought would as of now be an excellent pummel champion at his present age. At this moment, he doesn't look like regularly turning into a fantastic hammer champion.

At the point when made a request to review his week in Melbourne, Tomic said with a smile: "Well, strong. I achieved the third round. By and by I played exceptionally well, lost to a quality adversary. Along these lines, definitely, I believe will stick to making an additional 12 years of making fourth adjusts, third adjusts here."

Evans made the last of the Sydney International a week ago and guaranteed the scalp of US Open champion Marin Cilic in the second round in Melbourne, however Tomic's sparkling commendation for his No. 51 positioned rival uncovered a player very open to losing to some person outside the main 50 players on the planet.

The remarks, while refreshingly humble and exact, were not the expressions of a player gunning for the huge names at the highest point of men's tennis.

They were the remarks of a player who is no place close it and has acknowledged this.

Obviously this conclusion won't sit appropriate with many individuals perusing this — particularly after such a tasteful show on and off the court from the Gold Coast item.

Actually it was unbelievably simple to warm to Tomic on Friday night.

He indicated self-control in the warmth of fight and respectable sportsmanship towards a player with whom he shares a thorny past.

Off the court, Tomic was similarly as tasteful. In his public interview he was alluring and lighthearted with his answers. He had a chuckle at his own cost and more than once applauded his adversary.

It's the reason this is difficult to compose. At 24 years old and with nine Australian Open appearances added to his repertoire, Tomic has no normal change left in his advancement and there is nothing to propose he will go anyplace close to the grand desires he has carried on his shoulders since his Australian Open introduction in 2009.

In those nine years at Melbourne Park he has never made it past the fourth round. He kidded on Friday he is bound to an additional 10 years of never playing in the second week at his home excellent pummel.

It's no longer a snickering matter. It's a reality.

"All things considered, definitely, it's my ninth Australian Open. I'm 24, which is hard to think. I sense that I'm 34," Tomic said.

"It's stunning, you know. I really feel like I'm 34, however I'm 24. Nine Australian Opens. I can't trust it, too. It's been a long nine years as of now. Another 10 to go, Jesus."

That was Tomic's response to a question about how he softens the cycle of losing up the primary week of the Australian Open. It will be another long nine years for every one of us.