Tomic Shames Professional Tennis

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

DUDI SELA IS A WARRIOR. Just won fourth set vs Isner 76 57 67 76 type scores. It's going five. If Tomic had half of Sela's heart he'd be top five.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Holy Smokes; Gulbis just won the second set vs Delpotro. You cannot be serious. Gulbis is back! after about two years in oblivion.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Look at the Tomic Biofile I just posted on homepage. Tomic actually answers the question: Why do you love tennis? So it is documented officially that he does love tennis.

 

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catherine writes:

I put a lot of the blame for Tomic's situation on pressure from his father - I recall Tomic Snr quoted as saying, when Bernie was 18/19, that he'd win multiple GS and I'm sure he conveyed that wish to his son on a frequent basis. Aust journalists were never too enamoured of Mr Tomic.

 

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Jimmy the Gent writes:

down goes isner !!....at the end of the day - isner sucks....with that serve, etc. - should be more formidable esp. on grass....allllez dude !! gulbis will win wimby !! (...not LOL)

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

Wow, Isner gone! And del potro...going home? Gulbis way up

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

Women's side looks like seeds ok.

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

Yeah Tomic doesn't like his job. That's not the issue. It's that he hasn't matured to either accept it or move on. It's not uncommon. I hate tanking and grill Coric on this site for it. But if Coric rededicates himself I'll cheer him on. Same with Tomic.

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

There have been many champions with odd tennis parents, over bearing, demanding, braggers etc. To me surprising Agassi doesn't invite a call from Tomic. Agassi and Djokovic have a lot in common with their games but not their families. But Agassi and Tomic have that.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Isner actually looked very good in the first two rounds Jim. Sela is just a warrior. Great player. Pound for pound inch for inch maybe the best. He has played the tall big servers close in the past. Just a very uncanny and dangerous player. For those who know how deceptively good Sela is.

 

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catherine writes:

Andrew - mice are practising dance routines - day not over yet.

 

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Jimmy the Gent writes:

sela is a little monster, as was rochus...never underestimate the midgets of pro-tennis......they got something to prove !! LOL

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

Rochus brothers best pound for pound players!!!

 

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Hartt writes:

Catherine, think it was more than 1 fine that added up to $15,000, so presumably he was fined for both. Scoop, OK Tomic has realised he will never be in the top group, but surely he can make the effort to be in the next tier? Guys like Berdy, Tsonga, Gasquet must have figured out that they don't have much chance for the very top, but they have carved out excellent careers for themselves nonetheless. And maybe he was not honest when he answered the why do you love tennis question. It would be a big deal if he'd said then that he did not love tennis.

 

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Duke Carnoustie writes:

Scoop, Much props to you on changing your original opinion but I don't think you were wrong or too harsh to say that Tomic shames tennis. At the same time, Tomic saying he can never win a Slam so what is he point is something that you never heard from the Gasquets, Monfils or Tsongas of the world - not to pick on the French - is refreshing like you say. It's a fascinating debate but I find the players quitting far more outrageous than Tomic playing lousy for three sets. Lopez played doubles the next day - he can't stay on the court for two more games vs. Mannarino? The quitting sets a terrible example for the sport - and you don't see it in other sports.

 

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Duke Carnoustie writes:

Wilander is right that Novak played as lousy at the end vs. Thiem as what Tomic did. The difference is Novak didn't say he gave up - but it is clear as day. Should Novak be fined for that?

 

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Andrew Miller writes:

Catherine, mice are 50/50. Konta, Svitolina, who had a good preseason, still in it. Vekic, Sevastova, Kvitova, who also had a good preseason, are out.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

Duke; it's nice to see players have the belief but 90% of them have no chance to win a major. Maybe 95%. It's a shame Tomic has quit on himself when there are so many players who defy the odds and shock the world. Yes tanking is definitely terrible and must be condemned. But tanking and quitting happens in all sports but it's the most easy to notice in tennis because every point is so naked and effort levels are so visible. You just can't see when a golfer or baseball player or basketball or football or hockey player or race car driver tanks. But we can always see it in tennis.

 

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Scoop Malinowski writes:

No, Novak should not be fined and perhaps Tomic really should not be either. But given his reputation for tanking and quitting (he blatantly quit in Delray this year) he is in hot water already on the issue. So speaking up about it, though commendable for sincerity, it was really stupid by Tomic to do it. Now he has lost Head sponsorship. Now with all the attention Tomic has brought on himself and this tanking reputation, it will be very interesting to see how he behaves the rest of the year.

 

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Duke Carnoustie writes:

Scoop - Good point, that is exactly right. You can't see a lack of effort from a team sport guy. I suspect plenty of golfers who know they can't make a cut have terrible rounds too. I agree that 95 percent of players have no chance to win a major. Andy Roddick should have won multiple for sure and only had one - I hardly consider him a one-Slam wonder like Cilic. The five we have now in the men's game are special and have stymied fine players like Berdych, Tsonga and maybe even Dimitrov. I am all the more impressed with Wawrinka for winning three Slams in this era.