Australians Ben Mitchell and Bojana Bobusic won main-draw berths into the 2013 Australian Open by winning wild-card playoffs.
Mitchell, 20, beat Matthew Reid, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, while Bobusic, 25, defeated Monique Adamczak, 6-1, 6-3. “The goal is 2013, not necessarily this tournament, so it’s just trying to put everything in perspective and work on specific things in my game and trying to get a good start for 2013,” Bobusic told the Tennis Australia web site.
“Tennis is what I do and it’s what I love to do. It’s great that it’s just all starting to come together.”