Ajla Tomljanovic reaches second round as Australian men Alexei Popyrin, Alex Bolt and Christopher O’Connell taste defeat

Beyond that, a maiden WTA title and a move into the top 30 would represent a good return as she heads into another year on the tour.

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“Being better than my career high isn’t really going to make me, like, ‘Oh, my gosh, yes’. It’s not going to feel like that, because, in a way, I…