Bernard Tomic has downplayed the achievement of replacing Lleyton Hewitt as Australia's No. 1 player after steaming into uncharted grand slam territory, preferring to focus on more Wimbledon success.
Tomic, 18, will climb to 125th in the world after earning a crack at world No. 5 Robin Soderling tonight with a 4-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-1 win over fiery Russian Igor Andreev. A qualifier here, Tomic is the youngest man in the world's top 150 - and could soon break into the top 100.
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