Tomic topples seed Verdasco

Bernard Tomic thrilled the Melbourne crowd by hitting back from two sets down to stun 22nd seed Fernando Verdasco on the opening day of the Australian Open.

The Australian number one, who won the warm-up event in Kooyong over the weekend, looked destined to make an early exit when he fell behind in a strangely lethargic opening before upping the aggression levels to advance 4-6 6-7 (7/3) 6-4 6-2 7-5.