Tuesday, 18 September 2018:

BERNARD TOMIC of Australia serves during the men's singles quarter final match of the Aegon International Eastbourne at Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, England.

Bernard Tomic is through to the first round of the Moselle Open in France after a hard-fought win over Mats Moraing in the qualifiers.

The Australian had to dig deep to make the main draw after winning a first set tiebreaker 8-6 before losing the second set 6-3.

He fought back to win the third 6-3 to set up a first round encounter with wildcard Ugo Humbert on Wednesday (AEST).

Tomic is ranked No.129 in the world while Frenchman Humbert is 108.

After losing to fellow German Matthias Bachinger 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 in qualifying, Yannick Maden took full advantage of his lucky-loser status following the withdrawal of Philipp Kohlschreiber because of fatigue.

Maden defeated compatriot Mischa Zverev 7-5 4-6 6-1 to progress to the second round.

US Open semi-finalist and world No.12 Kei Nishikori is the tournament's top seed.

AAP