Tomic triumphs in Burnie!

Well, he's won through to the third round, and a tasty match up with Peter Luczak. Outside of the tennis world I doubt many people had heard of Bernard Tomic before his exploits in the recent Australian Open, which have earned him a much higher profile and the possibly weighty tag of 'future star'.

Although I don't do a great deal of it myself at present, I love a lot of sport photography, usually the images that capture emotion and drama, or focus on the abstract details in an event. At tennis events the shot with the event name in it is a bit of staple, I wonder; do Bernard's mates call him Bernie?

Here's a couple of attempts at detail shots;