'Sucks': Tomjlanovic 'mad' at tennis robbery

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Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic says she's "frustrated" by the determination not to grant rankings points for Wimbledon, a telephone that could outgo her a seeding astatine her location expansive slam.

Tomljanovic has been beaten successful the 4th finals astatine the US Open, going down 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) to 5th effect Ons Jabeur, who is the first-ever African pistillate to marque the US Open semi finals.

The nonaccomplishment means Tomljanovic leaves New York with her ranking astatine a career-high 34, conscionable extracurricular the 32 players who volition beryllium seeded astatine the Australian Open.

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Had she received rankings points for her 4th last tally astatine Wimbledon she'd beryllium astir 25 successful the world.

Wimbledon had its rankings points stripped aft the All England Club banned Russian and Belarusian players from the tournament.

Despite making consecutive quarter finals, Tomljanovic could hardly incorporate her frustration.

"It feels similar 1 (grand slam) 4th last due to the fact that the different 1 doesn't count, truthful it's similar I'm successful a presumption that sucks close now," she said.

"I'm inactive warring to beryllium apical 30, and, I mean, I don't adjacent cognize what I'm playing next. I don't adjacent cognize what determination is to play.

"I conscionable cognize that I'm not the subordinate to pursuit points. My assemblage is not up for flying time and past playing connected Monday. I don't adjacent cognize if I tin bash that. I don't cognize if I privation to bash that.

"But, astatine the aforesaid time, I privation to beryllium successful that radical of players wherever I merit to be.

"So conscionable truly frustrated astatine the infinitesimal with that - but I'm huffy that I americium frustrated with it due to the fact that it's retired of my control.

"But it's inactive precise frustrating.

Tomljanovic was near to rue 9 treble faults successful her nonaccomplishment to Jabeur.

The crafty Tunisian astir outgo herself the 2nd acceptable aft a "bad mood" near her successful a pugnacious spot, down 3-5, with adjacent the commentary squad saying "the fans are turning against Jabeur" aft she threw her racquet to the tribunal successful vexation a mates of times.

"I deliberation I'm going to beryllium fired from my occupation arsenic curate of happiness," she said during her connected tribunal interview.

"It is pugnacious to manage, sometimes the frustration, tennis is simply a pugnacious athletics I apologise for my behaviour.

"I wanted to support calm but my racquet kept slipping from my hand!"

The chances were determination for the Aussie but Tomljanovic was dogged by unforced errors and couldn't people the important points contempt showing immense warring tone to person a chance.

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Jabeur and Tomljanovic are adjacent friends and exchanged a lengthy hug astatine the nett pursuing the match.

The 26-year-old Jabeur present qualifies for a last-four clash with Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia.

In the men's draw, in-form 5th effect Casper Ruud pushed past Italian Matteo Berrettini 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (6-4) to scope the US Open semi-final with a changeable astatine the satellite No.1 ranking inactive connected the line.

The French Open runner-up bushed Berrettini connected clay successful July's Gstaad last and looked conscionable arsenic effectual connected the hard court, hanging backmost down the baseline to sorb the 13th seed's power.

- With AP.

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