Camila Giorgi wins over Ajla Tomljanovic in 2019 Sydney international

SYDNEY, Australia 
In a hard-hitting encounter, Italy's Camila Giorgi ousted Australian wild card Ajla Tomljanovic, 6-3, 6-3, to claim her spot in the second round of the Sydney International on Monday, as she aims to match or better her semifinal result from last year.

Karolina Pliskova in semis of the 2019 Brisbane international

BRISBANE, Australia
For the third straight year time, Karolina Pliskova is back in the semifinals of the Brisbane International.

The No.5 seed didn’t have it all her own way on Friday night, but she nonetheless outlasted Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, 6-1, 1-6, 6-1 to book her spot opposite Donna Vekic in the last four. 

"It was a very strange match today, but the beginning of the sets was very important," Pliskova said on-court after the match. "I've never had a match like this, but I'm just happy that I'm back in the semifinals."

Elina Svitolina into 2 round of the 2018 French open

PARIS, France 
Elina Svitolina survived an early scare in the first round of the French Open on Sunday before taking out unseeded Australian Ajla Tomljanovic, 7-5, 6-3.

Sloane Stephens advances in Miami open 2018. The best moments

MIAMI, FL, USA 
Reigning US Open champion Sloane Stephens scored a comfortable straight-sets win over wildcard Ajla Tomljanovic to make a strong start to her Miami Open campaign.

The South Florida native looked right at home at Crandon Park, needing just one hour and 15 minutes to score the 6-1, 6-3 victory.

Destanee Aiava and Ajla Tomljanovic have both been awarded wildcards for next week’s Brisbane International 2018

Destanee Aiava and Ajla Tomljanovic have both been awarded wildcards for next week’s Brisbane International.

Aiava, who Is just 17, made headlines at the tournament last year when she upset Bethanie Mattek-Sands in three sets, ending the year ranked World No.154, 232 places higher than 2016.

Tomljanovic, meanwhile, has recovered from the shoulder injury which hampered her 2016, ending the year just outside the Top 100.

“I’m excited to get back to Brisbane, it’s a great opportunity for me to progress my career and I’d like to thank Tennis Australia for giving me the wildcard,” Aiava said.

“I’ll always remember my first win on the WTA in Brisbane, and hopefully I can go even further I the tournament this time.”

Tomljanovic added: “I’m obviously really happy to get the wildcard. I’ve done a few pre-seasons in Brisbane, I love it here.

AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA OUT IN FRENCH OPEN 2014.

Free-swinging Ajla Tomljanovic has continued the carnage in the women’s draw at Roland Garros, ensuring the tournament is without its top three seeds going into the second week after disposing of Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets.

The promising 21-year-old Croat continued rewriting the script in the race for the Coupe Suzanne-Lenglen, using the full array of weapons in her artillery to dismantle the third seed 6-4, 6-4 in her main-draw debut at the French.

Maintaining a cool head in the face of the sizeable upset, Tomljanovic realises she is still a considerable way off emulating her countrywoman Iva Majoli's title run here back in 1997. Indeed, she dismissed the term "Cinderella run" after the match, telling the press: "Don't you call it that when it's the quarters, not fourth round?" with a grin.

Friday's win marks the world No.72's first time into the fourth round of a major and her first top-10 victory, leaving the top half of the draw in tatters, with Maria Sharapova (No.7) now the highest remaining seed on that side of the draw.

“After seeing the two first seeds go out, (I) feel like I can do this too. I grew up with these girls that are beating them... Obviously, you respect everyone, but you don't fear anyone,” Tomljanovic said. “This year I’ve been in a few situations where I was up and didn’t execute so I wanted to make it right this time." One of those situations came at this year’s Australian Open where she served for the match against 13^th seed Sloane Stephens, but failed to close it out, eventually succumbing 7-5 in the third. "Honestly, what went through my mind was that match in Australia. I thought, 'Oh, my God, here I am again with an opportunity. I'm definitely not going to do the same thing I did last time,'" she said. Her clay-court lead-up was also less than impressive. She fell in qualifying in both Madrid and Rome and lost in the second round in Strasbourg, but on Friday at the Porte d'Auteuil she made no mistake against the crafty Radwanska.

It became clear from the outset that unless the Pole was able to get any zip on her service, Tomljanovic would crunch anything short. The Boca Raton-based Croat surged to a 5-1 lead before the first sign of nerves crept in; Radwanska pegging one of the breaks back before Tomljanovic was able to bring up set point with a big first delivery down the T drawing the error from her opponent. A lob from Radwanska landing just long of the baseline then handed her opponent the opening set after 37 minutes.

She carried the aggression into the second, ripping a backhand winner crosscourt after a lengthy baseline exchange. Her confidence now was soaring and against one of the most intuitive movers in the game, she had the audacity to pepper her opponent’s side of the court with backhand drop-shot winners on the back of her heavy groundstrokes.

Breaking for 1-0, she would go on to stave off a pair of break points to hold for 5-3 and never looked like faltering, bringing up match point with a huge backhand forcing Radwanska into an error and sealing it after one hour and 21 minutes as the Pole’s forehand misfired one last time.