If not a tennis player, Tomljanovic imagines herself working in media. Over the course of 2021 and 2022, she’s starred in Tennis Channel’s “My Tennis Life.” “It’s been fun,” she says.

Ajla Tomljanovic has worked hard to overcome setbacks and learn from her experiences. She values tennis deeply but also understands the importance of balancing it with her life off the court.

Both casual and die-hard tennis fans have closely followed Ajla Tomljanovic's career. Tomljanovic is most famous for starring in the Netflix show Break Point, but her professional career has been ...

Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia reacts after missing a shot against Tunisia's Ons Jabeur during their 2022 U.S. Open match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Ajla Tomljanovic can consider herself a part of the latter group. On Wednesday morning, Tomljanovic came from a set down to defeat Zhu Lin in three sets: 6-7, 6-1, 6-4.

That night, Tomljanovic beat the six-time U.S. Open champion Serena Williams, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1, in front of a raucous, partisan crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York to advance to the fourth ...