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John "Damir" Tomic

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John Tomic has accused organisers of the Sorrento tournament in Perth of conspiring against his 16-year-old son.

Tomic snr accused match officials of scheming against Bernard and organisers of "fixing draws" before pulling his son out of the tennis event.

Australian Open boss Craig Tiley conceded Tomic's latest indiscretion could affect his chances of making an Australian Open senior debut in January.

Tomic was sent home from a European tour by Tennis Australia last year when their coaches deemed he had not tried his best in a loss at the French Open juniors.

The junior world No.3 was competing against fellow Australian Marinko Matisevic in round two of the Sorrento Men's International on Thursday when his father complained that foot faults were not being called.

"He was serving about 10-15cm inside the court and I said to the umpire, 'can you please watch the foot faults'," said Tomic snr, who coaches his son.

Tennis Australia has called for a report from tournament organisers into the circumstances surrounding Tomic's actions in walking off the court.

Open boss Tiley said it was "possible" the ITF's disciplinary ruling could prevent Tomic from playing at the Australian Open. He is scheduled to contest the Australian Open wildcard play-off in a fortnight in Melbourne.

"There are rules and regulations ... Bernard defaulted himself and there will be disciplinary action taken by the ITF," Tiley said last night.

"They take those steps and we wait for their judgement and we act upon them.

"It could be anything from a fine to a suspension ... suspension could be time, could be matches, could be events."

In what was an extraordinary outburst, Tomic snr later said "seven or eight" foot faults were not called in the first set.

When Tomic senior complained in the second set, the umpire issued Bernard a court violation after the outburst and handed Matisevic - who was seeded fifth in the ITF-sanctioned event - the game to make it 3-1, which brought the second round clash to an abrupt end.

"In the second set, same story," he said, referring to the uncalled foot faults.

"So I said to the umpire again, please can you watch for foot faults and he gave the game straight to the opponent.

"He said 'the top guy of umpires' who was present at the game 'was laughing at me'. There were 15 umpires sitting there just eating and drinking so they should have put more umpires on the court but they didn't. How can Bernard play when he does not have protection from the umpires?"

"Bernard is the best prospect in the world and for Australia," his father said. "He's working very hard. He could be Australia's best player. He could play Davis Cup. But they (umpires) don't want to do honest things by him on the court."
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http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24758009-23216,00.html

Oh this is hilarious. I can guarantee this isn't the last we will be hearing from Mr Tomic. Stay tuned... :eek:
 
What a w***er!

This bit is the funniest: "Bernard is the best prospect in the world and for Australia," his father said. "He's working very hard. He could be Australia's best player. He could play Davis Cup. But they (umpires) don't want to do honest things by him on the court."
 
Going to go through this crap again :rolleyes: Some of those comments are just completely stupid. You have to feel sorry for Bernard in this situation, his father is a w***er
 
Bernard is also a w***er.

On the subject of his father, how do people get so stupid? I can't understand why a grown man would honestly believe this. Can he explain why everybody is conspiring against his son? All I'd like to see is one reason.
 

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I can't understand why a grown man would honestly believe this.
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Because he's a moron, who I'd assume has never achieved anything in his life, so he's living his own failed dreams through his kid.
 
I've heard a few stories about Tomic's father... He's seriously going to ruin his son's career. Bernard Tomic is by far our best Aussie Prospect- he's got the most chance of being in the top 10 on the pro tour. However, if his father keeps up with this... Tomic will never ever realize his full potential.
 
In fairness, I thought Tomic was a bit of an upstart tool before I knew his Dad was a fruit loop. I'm still holding out hope that Bernard cools down as he gets older, but I fear with his Dad being such a douche and such a massive influence on him that it'll be hard work.
 
Drummond said:
Can we PLEASE not abuse the kid because of his father? That is all I ask. If he turns out to be a tool then go ahead, but at this stage everyone abusing him is basing this on how his father behaves.
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Agreed, it's espically very hard to judge considering we haven't seen a lot of Tomic, there's been a lot of talk. See where the kid is at in 5 years or so first.
 
Karbo said:
Oh this is hilarious. I can guarantee this isn't the last we will be hearing from Mr Tomic. Stay tuned... :eek:
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Only took him a month but he's back!
"Roger Rasheed is not a coach. He's a fitness conditioner," Tomic Snr said.

"He took Lleyton Hewitt from No. 2 in the world to No. 60 and I think that Gael Monfils should be very careful because he could find himself struggling too pretty soon."
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http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24913941-11088,00.html

Only problem here is that since working with Rasheed last May, Monfils ranking has climbed from 60 to a current high of 14.

I'm going to predict next weeks headline - "Tomic Snr slams Melbourne Park food prices as 'Outrageous'!"
 
Drummond said:
Can we PLEASE not abuse the kid because of his father? That is all I ask. If he turns out to be a tool then go ahead, but at this stage everyone abusing him is basing this on how his father behaves.
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Agree with Drummolla:thumbsu:
 

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God this bloke is a tool, we had better get the kid away from him before he starts to go down that path. I have a few tennis mates who've played against him with varying success and they tell me Bernard is actually quite a good guy, very cocky and self-absorbed, but a pretty good kid.

I think all it is with him is basically he listens to his old man, now theres nothing too wrong with that, apart from the fact he happens to be a moron.
 

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