Is Bernard Tomic the most normal, honest man in pro tennis?

Well, Scoop, we all here might have different views on Tomic. Myself, I don’t have any in particular because I’m not terribly interested in Australian tennis squabbles – except to say the big revelation about Hewitt turned out to be a bit of a damp squib – something which happened 9 years ago…

Seems to me everyone concerned should grow up a bit.

And as for ‘truth’ – I’m with Pontius Pilate there.

Tonic is right to call Hewitt out, but the fact of the matter without having read or listened to this interview is To ic is a flea on Hewitt’s buttocks tennis-wise. The guy has either had a disappointing or embarrassing adder and he’s taking on the last Aussie man to have won a slam. So it’s a losing battle. Maybe Hewitt’s ways have been wrong and unethical, but why would he support Tomic after the way he’s conducted his career? And for Tomic to mention anything about punching someone out after his father was suspended for doing just that, is repugnant. Bernie maybe boxing is your sport because it certainly doesn’t look like you much of a present or future in tennis.

Oh, wow, Tomic won a title in a tournament I’ve never heard of and couldn’t name what country its in. Geez, that’s great to be in the Top 100 for a guy who if I’m not mistaken reached the Wimby semis at 18. Come on, Scoop, you’re better than that. Tomic’s career has for the most part been an abject failure. He shouldn’t mention Hewitt’s name other than in homage. The guy comes from a family with a nutcase father, and how normal is Tomic when he was driving around sports cars when he was 18.

None of these guys are too normal, and let’s see the guy get into the second week of a slam before we start saying he’s doing well. You’re letting him off the hook way too much.

I hate to agree with Scoop but he is right. Tomic has achieved amazing things, getting ranked in the top 20 and a Wimby QF. Has millions in the bank too. Not sure threatening Hewitt is a smart move though since it makes him look small. I am starting to believe he has no evidence on Hewitt, just the regular knowledge that Hewitt is the jerk we all know.

Speaking of Aussie tennis, Kyrgios is playing in Dallas for some reason before he heads to Rotterdam next week. He is probably there just to watch NBA. Nick has been practicing his basketball this week, according to Instagram.

Cressy got stomped by Christian Harrison so he got throttled as I predicted.

Scoop, I don’t think it’s ‘totally normal’ for a young guy to behave the way Tomic has done in the past and seems to be doing still. And the miracle isn’t that he’s a good tennis player but that he hasn’t killed someone with his dangerous driving in ridiculously fast cars. Quite rightly the police in the US and in Australia value a human life over the ability to hit a fuzzy ball.

And as for Tomic’s father – you wonder how Bernard would’ve turned out if he’d had a more balanced paternal figure. We never hear about his mother – don’t know if she’s still around. He has a sister who plays and Bernard’s been upfront in criticising TA for not supporting her enough. Not much truth in that in turned out. He really likes to pick fights with everyone and anyone.

Tomic’s career can be summed up so far in one word – ‘waste’. Waste of talent, waste of opportunity, just waste.

Australia’s one of the easiest places in the world to live in – nice weather, relaxed lifestyle, not a lot of reality sometimes. Maybe Tomic Jnr could have done with a bit of that latter quality when he was growing up.

Kozlov not only lost to some Rybakov guy, he got destroyed 2 and 1. Anyone else laugh at Kyrgios mentoring someone? It’s very funny to me.

Scoop, maybe you were wild as a young man, but that doesn’t make this normal behaviour. The majority of young men must not behave like this, or our society would be in even bigger trouble than it is. The difference with Tomic is that he refused to leave the hotel when the police told him to, and then resisted arrest. The other young guys involved at least had enough sense to comply with the police.

Bernard has lost his license at least twice because of his reckless driving, and has bragged that he has driven 352 km/h. Even if he is exaggerating, that kind of behaviour is a tragedy waiting to happen, and the person killed or injured probably will be someone else.

Breaking news: Jack Sock pulls out of Delray Beach tournament.

Scoop, you believe what Tomic’s father said? He put the hitting partner in the hospital. That is real assault.

Scoop, I am not so quick to believe what Tomic said. Is there any proof that the hitting partner did that?

Wayne – the NBA, NFL etc are US sports – tennis is international and there are no ‘commissioners’ so this is a domestic dispute for TA to handle if anyone there is interested. Or a sharp letter to Bernard from Hewitt’s lawyers, pointing out the consequences of uttering public threats, might do the trick.

Scoop – even if Drouet did spit in Tomic Srs face, in a civilised society you do not retaliate to the extent of putting someone in hospital. That’s a crime. It’s called GBH. Spitting comes a little lower down on the list.

This is from a Tennis.com piece at the time of the incident. This is a guy we are supposed to believe? It sounds like he has no control over his temper.

“John Tomic is notorious for clashes, including having a public heated argument with Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley that led to security guards being placed around Tiley; being involved in a road-rage incident in 2006 in which he forced a car occupied by two coaches and a female junior player off the road.”

Tomic received an 8-month suspended sentence for the attack, and had to pay substantial damages to Drouet.

“And it won’t come cheap for Tomic, who will be told next week to stump up as much 300,000 euros ($435,000 AUD) compensation to Drouet.”

Drouet suffered substantial injuries.

Fellow trainer Sosa could not handle working for the Tomics, and called John Tomic a “barbarian.”

“Spanish-born Sosa who quit the team in utter frustration also after seven months said in 27 years on the international tennis circuit, including working with some of the biggest names in the sport, he had never seen anything like the unbelievable scenes.”

“I’ve worked with parents and sons so for me it’s something that I wanted as a challenge, but they live in some symbiosis,” he said. “It’s a brutal symbiosis.”(news.au.com)

Scoop – I think we’ve moved beyond ‘frontier justice’ and I have to believe you’re joking about public executions.

However, not a subject I’m prepared to argue about on T-P.

Hartt – good research and matches everything I’ve heard about John Tomic. Maybe his sentence should not have been ‘suspended’. Absolutely criminal behaviour.

Scoop, should Tomic instead challenge Hewitt to a duel or to Russian Roulette. Is that what you are suggesting? Maybe they can do an Aaron Burr-style duel inside Rod Laver Arena to drum up the ESPN ratings. Or at the very least a pre-match public hanging in Melbourne!

Scoop,

If I were you, I’d drop it. When you start defending John Tomic you’re fighting a no-win battle. John Tomic might be the worst tennis dad; even worse than Dokic’s crazy dad.

In Sofia Monfils beats Tsitsipas in SS – the consensus is that Elina has made the difference….

And Johanna Konta (and Katie Boulter) winning some matches for GB in Fed Cup at Bath University sports centre.

Huge crowds of 200 + cheered GB on 🙂

Are Katie and Jack S still an item ?

Hartt – thanks for that social update

Jack certainly doesn’t seem a good bet for long term commitment does he ?

Monfils and Svitolina win RG singles ?

Laugh if you must but don’t forget Ostapenko won in Paris not so long ago 🙂