Ajla Tomljanovic has succumbed to the battling talent of Yulia Putintseva as she agonisingly missed out on making her first WTA semi-final for two-and-a-half years at the Istanbul Cup.
The Australian No.1 Tomljanovic took the first set in their compelling quarter-final on Friday but saw her lead gradually whittled away by the tigerish Kazakh, who prevailed 5-7 6-2 6-4 after two hours 51 minutes of fierce slog on the Turkish red clay.
