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I think it's very unlikely TOmic would be awarded a wildcard for the Australian Open.

Lleyton Hewitt hopes Bernard Tomic will take part in the Australian Open wildcard playoff that starts in Melbourne on Monday but the Davis Cup captain remains unsure if the fallen star plans to enter or is even in the right mindset to do so.

Tomic has slumped to No 142 in the world after a horror year that featured just 10 wins. He does not have direct entry into next month’s season-opening grand slam after Hewitt and Tennis Australia head of performance Wally Masur overlooked him for a wildcard, instead handing one to Thanasi Kokkinakis.

“With the limited preparation (Tomic’s) had, with the lack of matches, I think it would be the right move to come down and play,” Hewitt said. “But I haven’t heard one way or the other.”

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said Tomic’s entry to the wildcard playoff remained an ongoing conversation but added there was still time for him to take up “an open invitation”.

John Newcombe recently shared his concerns that the unfit Tomic was wasting his life.

Hewitt was more circumspect in his comments but he does share similar concerns about Tomic’s desire to compete at the elite level.

“If he’s committed to the sport and he’s out there training and doing all the right things — the one percenters — then he’s fine,” Hewitt said, adding he hasn’t spoken to Tomic for several weeks.
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Redline said:
Kyrgios, Ebden, Thompson and Millman (priority ranking) all got direct entry. The cut off was 100.
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Ebden has had a great comeback this year. To make direct entry for a slam coming back from nowhere is a really impressive effort.
roscreasl98 said:
What is your definition of a good career?
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Career high of 17, 3 professional titles, quarter of a slam and 2 masters, 4th round at a slam 4 times.

I'd say he's had a good career. When you consider the number of players to have had a crack at professional tennis and the very minute % that make top 50, let alone 17. My call is if he retired today, it would be considered a good career, but could have been better.
 
pepsi said:
Ebden has had a great comeback this year. To make direct entry for a slam coming back from nowhere is a really impressive effort.


Career high of 17, 3 professional titles, quarter of a slam and 2 masters, 4th round at a slam 4 times.

I'd say he's had a good career. When you consider the number of players to have had a crack at professional tennis and the very minute % that make top 50, let alone 17. My call is if he retired today, it would be considered a good career, but could have been better.
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Born with a talent that the rest of us can only dream of.
Very poor career.

As they said today on SEN today, he'll be a washed up UBER driver by the time he is 30.
 

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roscreasl98 said:
Born with a talent that the rest of us can only dream of.
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Is he though? He is tall, has great hand eye coordination, but his movement is poor for a top level tennis player. To really make it at the top of tennis you have to be a phenomenal mover, Bernard is not. His game style is not suited to make the very top either.

Very poor career is an over the top analysis.
 
pepsi said:
Is he though? He is tall, has great hand eye coordination, but his movement is poor for a top level tennis player. To really make it at the top of tennis you have to be a phenomenal mover, Bernard is not. His game style is not suited to make the very top either.

Very poor career is an over the top analysis.
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You forgot:
Lazy.
Not prepared to do the 1% things to get better.
Arrogant.
Selfish.

Mainly Lazy.......
 
pepsi said:
Is he though? He is tall, has great hand eye coordination, but his movement is poor for a top level tennis player. To really make it at the top of tennis you have to be a phenomenal mover, Bernard is not. His game style is not suited to make the very top either.
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To get into that real upper echelon you're right, but he certainly had the talent to make a much, much better career for himself than he has. I don't think anybody believes that with a bit of drive he would be a Federer-level player, nor maybe even a Wawrinka, but he certainly could have had a very good career. I also think that if it weren't for his lack of care for the game he would be playing a different, more complementary, more damaging game style, which would make the final point moot.

Of course, it's all speculation on my part. I definitely think he was capable of a lot more than he has managed though, even with his shoddy movement.
 
Redline said:
Kyrgios, Ebden, Thompson and Millman (priority ranking) all got direct entry. The cut off was 100.
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What the heck is 'priority' for Millman? Or do you mean protected ranking? Anyway, good to see my favourite plodder in the main draw :thumbsu:

No Duckworth in any lists, is he still injured I wonder?

Edit: Duckworth is 7th on the alternate list, so may sneak in to the MD but will probably end up playing qualies. Baggy is third alternate so he should get in The City Boyz
 
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Bumpswithagrin said:
What the heck is 'priority' for Millman? Or do you mean protected ranking? Anyway, good to see my favourite plodder in the main draw :thumbsu:

No Duckworth in any lists, is he still injured I wonder?

Edit: Duckworth is 7th on the alternate list, so may sneak in to the MD but will probably end up playing qualies. Baggy is third alternate so he should get in The City Boyz
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Yeah I meant protected, I think the excitment of knowing the Mailman has another chance to win his home Slam got the better of me.
 

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Bernard Tomic’s future is full of uncertainty but if he walks away from tennis it will be a loss
Jon Anderson, Herald Sun

IT’S been a journey of both talent and torture, but are we finally seeing the beginning of the end for Bernard Tomic?

To think just last year he had climbed to a career-high ranking of 17 before current languishing at a lowly 145 in the world, coming off a 2017 win/loss figure of 10/19.

Now he’s refused to compete in the qualifying rounds for the 2018 Australian Open as he struggles to commit to the demands of an ATP tour that most of us have little understanding of in terms of the extraordinary dedication required.

Tomic, 25, has never hidden the fact that he finds the daily grind of tournament tennis a drag, earlier this year admitting he had never loved the sport and had rarely produced anything like the effort required to match it with the guns.

Now that attitude is catching up with him, sheer talent, and he has that in spades, not being enough on its own to stay at the top in a brutal environment.

And while there will be plenty happy to see him sail off into the sunset with his bevy of beauties and fast cars (although both may start dwindling as the income diminishes), Tomic’s potential departure from the tour would be a loss.

He may lack the complete power game to challenge the top 10, but Tomic playing tennis is like watching a chess master, an unhurried and gifted maestro who cleverly sets points up.

He has also mostly behaved himself on court by way of comparison with another Australian talent in Nick Kyrgios.

Just recently I had the opportunity to witness him off-court in a non-tennis atmosphere as he shopped with his girlfriend in Chapel Street. He was both polite and humorous, a long way removed from the tortured soul we regularly see at post-game press conferences.

Hopefully he can find a mix, although if I was having a bet it would be on the fact we will never get to see the heights he could have reached


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/t...s/news-story/195315ab6c8dc7c936e0df9543ea600a
 
JackNah_8 said:
Bernard Tomic’s future is full of uncertainty but if he walks away from tennis it will be a loss
Jon Anderson, Herald Sun

IT’S been a journey of both talent and torture, but are we finally seeing the beginning of the end for Bernard Tomic?

To think just last year he had climbed to a career-high ranking of 17 before current languishing at a lowly 145 in the world, coming off a 2017 win/loss figure of 10/19.

Now he’s refused to compete in the qualifying rounds for the 2018 Australian Open as he struggles to commit to the demands of an ATP tour that most of us have little understanding of in terms of the extraordinary dedication required.

Tomic, 25, has never hidden the fact that he finds the daily grind of tournament tennis a drag, earlier this year admitting he had never loved the sport and had rarely produced anything like the effort required to match it with the guns.

Now that attitude is catching up with him, sheer talent, and he has that in spades, not being enough on its own to stay at the top in a brutal environment.

And while there will be plenty happy to see him sail off into the sunset with his bevy of beauties and fast cars (although both may start dwindling as the income diminishes), Tomic’s potential departure from the tour would be a loss.

He may lack the complete power game to challenge the top 10, but Tomic playing tennis is like watching a chess master, an unhurried and gifted maestro who cleverly sets points up.

He has also mostly behaved himself on court by way of comparison with another Australian talent in Nick Kyrgios.

Just recently I had the opportunity to witness him off-court in a non-tennis atmosphere as he shopped with his girlfriend in Chapel Street. He was both polite and humorous, a long way removed from the tortured soul we regularly see at post-game press conferences.

Hopefully he can find a mix, although if I was having a bet it would be on the fact we will never get to see the heights he could have reached


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/t...s/news-story/195315ab6c8dc7c936e0df9543ea600a
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Must've s̶t̶a̶l̶k̶e̶d̶ witnessed pretty close to hear him being humorous and polite
 
Kyrgios playing FAST4 again in Sydney prior to the Australian Open. Dimitrov and Zverev have also signed up for it.

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Groth, Kubler, Purcell and Patrick-Smith have all withdrawn fron the playoff. Bouchier is in with two more to be added.

Duckworth, Popyrin and Mott are also missijg through injury.

I assume he will get one but they can't justify Groth getting a wildcard. He has hardly played in six months.
 
Day one Australian wildcard playoff schedule is out:
Mousley v Crnokrak
De Minaur v Bourchier
Ellis v O'Connell
Bolt v Nkomba
Jasika v Dellavedova
Whittington v Van Peperzeel
Saville v Polmans
Banes v Harris



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Girls Wildcards matches are being played right now. Tomic about to lose to Rodionova. 7-6 *5-3 (Edit: Tomic about to break to make is 5-4) (Edit Edit. Rodi wins 6-4 in the 2nd)



Ajla Tomljanovic seems to be going out with Nick again. Happened a couple weeks ago. I am all for private lives being private, so I will leave it at that. I was actually wondering what she was doing.
 
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