Jul 28, 2014; Washington, DC, USA; Bernard Tomic hits a backhand against Alejandro Gonzalez (not pictured) on day one of the Citi Open tennis tournament at the Fitzgerald Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Bernard Tomic has been awarded a wild card for the U.S. Open by Tennis Australia after his drop down the world rankings had threatened to send him back to qualifying for the last grand slam tournament of the year.
The 21-year-old, who was U.S. Open junior champion in 2009 and reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 2011, slumped out of the top 100 after surgery on both hips triggered a miserable six months on and off court.
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