Bernard Tomic’s girlfriend watches on as he crashes out of Australian Open qualifying seven months after their mid-match quarrel – as Aussie star still banks $35k despite early exit

Bernard Tomic’s girlfriend Keely Hannah was spotted cheering the Australian star on as he crashed out at the first round of the Australian Open qualifying rounds on Tuesday.

The Australian tennis star, 32, suffered a straight sets defeat by Jozef Kovalik, with the Slovakian player besting his opponent 6-3 6-1 in the space of an hour.

He fired through 26 winners to obliterate the Aussie player, who has won four times on the ATP Tour.

But Tomic will still pocket a big check of $35,000, as part of the prize funds for appearing in the opening round of qualifying.

It also means that he will now miss the Australian Open for the fourth consecutive year. He had previously tried to qualify for the event in 2022, again being knocked outint the first round.

His partner, Hannah, sat watching nervously as her boyfriend took to the court and was seen clapping and cheering him on.

Tomic suffered a straight sets defeat in the first round of Australian Open qualifying to Jozef Kovalik

Hannah looked nervous, as her boyfriend will now miss out on a berth in the main draw for the fourth-straight year

It comes nearly seven months after the pair had a very public argument while Tomic was in the middle of a match.

The pair have been together since 2022 after Tomic parted ways with ex-Love Island contestant Vanessa Sierra.

In sensational circumstances, the Australian retired mid-match during an ATP Challenger Tour match at the Little Rock Open in Arkansas.

The pair were seen speaking with a commentator saying: ‘Bernard and his girlfriend just continuing to argue.

He then revealed what the spat was allegedly about, stating: ‘The long and short of it, Bernie saying, “You tested positive for COVID today”, girlfriend saying, “No, that was two weeks ago”.

‘I did not anticipate having to commentate a couple’s quarrel here – but here we are.

‘Either way, uncomfortable for all the fans here, who are just wanting to see a little bit of tennis tonight, but I don’t know that they’re going to get it.’

Tomic would retire from the match due to illness and later tested positive for COVID.

It comes after the pair had an argument mid-way through an match last year, while Tomic was on court 

Tomic, meanwhile, will still pocket a $35,000 cheque after crashing out at the first round of qualifying

‘All right, that does it. So, retiring due to illness is Bernard Tomic,’ the commentator announced.

‘Well, that’s a very awkward way to end, and a rather ‘Bernie’ way to end, isn’t it? Tough way to go out.

‘Tomic now, we’ll see if he’s able to recover. And again, how the heck did he win that match a couple of days ago?’

Having once climbed to No 17 in the world, the tennis star has fallen out of the top 100 rankings, dropping to as low as No 825 in 2022.