Bernard Tomic

[Jacuszyn]

Wimbledon 2012 - konferencja po meczu 1 rundy:

D. GOFFIN/B. Tomic

3‑6, 6‑3, 6‑4, 6‑4

Q. How disappointing is that?

BERNARD TOMIC: It's hard. You know, to see what you did last year and to lose first round is difficult. But, you know, there's a reason why I lost, I have to say. You know, I think I lost because he played much better and I wasn't playing the right tennis. No excuse.

I think the last few weeks have been a little bit tough on me. I have gone through a match where I should have won and been sick for a week. But, you know, look, I take that as a learning curve. You're not going to improve unless you learn, I think.

That's why it's important for me at a young age, for any player that's young, is to, I think, lose. You're only going to come back stronger if you keep losing.

I can't say anything wrong. He played well today from the second set onwards.

Q. You're saying no excuses, but physically how were you? You seemed to clutch your back a few times and looked a little bit out of sorts.

BERNARD TOMIC: I thought I was going to be ready. Like last week I was 70, 80%. But still it's tough to get through that three, four days, you know. I tried as much as I could, but there was a period where it was raining for a day and a half.

You know, I was feeling good in that first set. It's just that concentration level that I dropped, and, you know, allowed a player probably of his quality to get back into the match. Any player that's in the top 100 is going to take that and come back into the match.

Q. What was he doing that you couldn't seem to stay focused on?

BERNARD TOMIC: It wasn't probably what he was doing, it was what was going on with me throughout my head.

You know, I wasn't thinking straight at that time. I thought, you know, being one set to love up that everything was going to go away. But, you know, people want to get back into the match, and I allowed him to get back.

After I played too defensive and he was relaxed and just going for his shots.

Q. Last year you were the golden boy coming through and getting through the quallies and into the quarters and getting a set off Djokovic; now this year, you know, he qualified as a lucky loser at Roland Garros and played all the way to the round of 16 and got a set off Federer. Does it feel like you guys have exchanged places? Turned the table?

BERNARD TOMIC: Well, look, he's 21; I'm 18, 19. I've gotten into the top 30. It's different. He has time and he's going to obviously be a top‑30 player. He has great groundstrokes.

But I think what I've lacked the last few weeks is, you know, the consistency, and it's tough to get. Hopefully the Olympics will be good to me. It's played here on grass. I've got tournaments I'm playing in Stuttgart and Hamburg, so I think I've got time to catch up to where I was here.

Q. The racquet obviously took a pounding. Was that today the frustration or was it three weeks' worth of frustration building up?

BERNARD TOMIC: I'm not normally like that, but it's a good I guess sign of relief when you smash a racquet. I don't normally do it. It's not like I will keep continuing to do it.

I feel like, you know, I couldn't control myself because I was playing pretty tight and defensive, and, you know, he was playing relaxed. That's what happens sometimes.

You look at that last year, what I did was I was relaxed. It was the opposite side. What can you do?

Q. You didn't seem too thrilled that three times umpiring errors turned winners into replays.

BERNARD TOMIC: Yeah, well, I mean, there were a few close calls, and just that's tennis.

Q. Is that something you learn to deal with, the frustration, you have to channel it in rather than take it out on the racquet?

BERNARD TOMIC: Yeah, I mean, I don't usually do that, but, I mean, like it's a mental skill. It's a skill you need to have. You look at the guys in the top 3. Mentally they're the most strong. If you look at the athletes that have dominated the world, they're all strong.

Mentally growing up I've been great, but obviously you're going to get times when you're young things won't go your way. But just think one day I will find this balance, within the next six months, year. I'm still young, but I've got to find it eventually.

Q. The balance you talk about, how does the coaching situation feed into that?

BERNARD TOMIC: The coaching situation, yeah, I mean, look, I can't complain. I think it's been more me the last eight weeks ‑ I think even on clay ‑ where I afforded a lot of losses.

You know, if I look back to going on the clay court season, I was up I think in four matches with four tournaments, I was up 5‑2, 5‑3 in the third just like what I was doing last week. It's just weird.

My concentration has been up and down, dropping. It's not no one's fault, but I've got to get back on that track where I was playing the start of the year.

Q. This is the first big tournament where you've had a lot to defend. Did you feel that was a burden, and did it play any role in your performances?

BERNARD TOMIC: No. To be honest, it didn't feel like that. It just felt my tennis wasn't where I wanted it to be to play. I wasn't scared about the points to defend. I was just worried. I was upset with my game today, the way I was playing. I couldn't execute my shots.

That's different when you go through last year being relaxed and being allowed to play. This year I go with the feeling of you're having to defend some points, but also you're not also feeling 100%. You're not playing the way you should be. You know, there is a lot of things that have been going on.

I'm going to take a few days off. I've got to get back on track. I know it will happen sooner or later, but you can't do that without hard work. To be honest, I haven't been really working hard the last two months. Just been up and down.

Q. Your whole career has been up and up and up. Now that you have a lull here, how are your confidence levels?

BERNARD TOMIC: Well, what are you trying to say?

Q. No, I'm just saying is this a setback for you or you take it as sort of a blip?

BERNARD TOMIC: Well, look, if you say I'm going down with one tournament then I don't know what the hell you're talking about. You can look at it that way, but I think I've got eight months where I have points to defend, so we'll go back to that question in six months.

Q. You mentioned not working hard enough. Why is that the case?

BERNARD TOMIC: Good point. I think, look, to have talent is one thing. To have talent, it's huge for any sport.

I think the last few months I have been casually sort of working into a not sort of ‑‑ sort of using my hard work to get me where I have been getting the last year.

But I have sort of lacked off a little bit and look what it's costing me. Last eight, nine weeks I'm losing a lot of first, second rounds. So it's not my quality of tennis. My quality of tennis should be getting to a lot of semifinals, finals at tournaments or even winning where I had chances last eight weeks, but lack of concentration, not working hard, it costs you.

Q. Is that a lack of motivation in some way then? Can't sort of bring yourself to practice as hard as you know you need to?

BERNARD TOMIC: It's just strange. I mean, like on the way up I have been growing up playing and everything's got easy. I've gotten to where I have won very easily. It's amazing. Now you let the foot off the pedal and it's costing you. It's something I'll learn.

It's a good thing what's actually happened here. I'll wake up and get back to the way I was playing the next ‑‑ you know, for once where I don't have to ‑‑ I can relax and play good tennis and get back to that training mode to get me to the top 15, 20 at the end of the year even.

Q. Such a talented ball‑striker. Does that make it more difficult to sort of grind when you have to grind or...

BERNARD TOMIC: Yeah. Well, I think being a good ball‑striker, I've got good hands, but that's where I don't take my legs into play the last few months. I haven't been, you know ‑‑ hands is one thing, but the effort that you put in.

Like the guys in the top 3, it's different. That's why they're there. They've got hands; they've got the mental skills; they've got the legs.

Q. So were you frustrated with your game even coming into this Wimbledon tournament? You kind of felt frustrated even before you went out on court?

BERNARD TOMIC: Yeah. Well, look, I wasn't expecting much. Maybe winning a round or two, because the way I was going through nine weeks of first, second rounds, you know, you sort of wake up and say, Hello. Shit, you're at Wimbledon. Sorry.

But in a way it's like, you know, you look at it. You've got through eight, nine weeks and you're heading into on of the biggest tournaments of the world where you've done unbelievable last year.

Then, you know, I've got to get back into the training world. At least I will have maybe the ten days off where I can train and get ready for the two clay‑court tournaments, and then the Olympics will be a good task for me.

We'll see what happens. Like I said, I've got to train, not use my hands.

Q. Can you take any motivation out of the fact you can come back here in a couple weeks during the Olympics and do what you wanted to do here and what you like to do on grass?

BERNARD TOMIC: Yeah.

Q. Another chance?

BERNARD TOMIC: I'm really gifted and lucky for that opportunity to have the Olympics coming up, which is, my point of view, bigger for ‑‑ bigger than Wimbledon for me, the Olympics. For any athlete I think it's something that I want to do well in, and I'm thankful it's on grass.

But like I said, I'm not going to do well. I can just say I will, but if I'm not going to work out the next two, three weeks...

You know, it's not what you do in the next two, three weeks. It's what you do every week. To be honest, the effort that's been costing me this tournament and the past two months has been probably my lack of effort, the way I have been training on court, off court, matches, and mentally.

So I've got to get back on that roll.

Q. Were you thinking when you got back here it would all fall into place?

BERNARD TOMIC: Yeah, in one way. That's a good question. I mean, but in one way that's what I expected sort of. But it's not going to come back if you haven't put the hard work in. It's good. I like what I've lost. I think it's good for me.

Q. Is the problem you think the way you've been training or sometimes you've just not trained? You find other things to do?

BERNARD TOMIC: A bit of both. (Smiling.)

It's the way you train. I know my tennis, when I'm playing well, is not ‑‑ many people in the top 10, you know, top 15 struggle with my game. I can beat anyone, even at the age of 18, 19.

But it can cost you, you know. You can be talented and head down, but I'm not going to let that happen to me.

Q. In terms of outside influences, Davis Cup coaching scenarios, you respond a certain way in your private situation. What do you find is best for you?

BERNARD TOMIC: Say that again.

Q. Comparing Davis Cup and preparing for ties compared to this, what's better for you: having someone like Pat Rafter around? Do you respond to that kind of thing?

BERNARD TOMIC: Look, with me, like, you know, I can work with Pat ‑‑ like the Davis Cup is great. I love working on the team, and I can't wait for when Davis Cup starts. I love being in that role of being in the team. To have a shot at even qualifying this year if I do so it will be huge.

I think regardless of who's working with me, it's my sort of tennis ‑‑ my game is just ‑‑ it relies on me. People can say they can help you with a lot of tips. Even my dad who has been with me for 11 years has done a great job.

You know, that can take the place, but saying people can help, it's not really ‑‑ for my tennis, it's all about me. I've got to find that in me. People give you great tips along the way and can help you and stuff, which I'm ready for any help, but you're not going to become Federer, Rafa, or Novak if you don't do it yourself. That's for sure.

Q. Has your dad, your coach, been frustrated or annoyed at you for what you have admitted which is sort of a lack of application of training?

BERNARD TOMIC: Yeah. I think there's also a few other things that are involved also last few eight weeks which I can't talk about.

But it's a learning curve, and I'm lucky I'm getting hit with these things at this age now. In one way it's good for ‑‑ I think it's great. It's better that I won ‑‑ that I lost so I can wake up and find my tennis where it can be and where it can take me to the next few years.

Q. Do you remember the last time you played him four years ago?

BERNARD TOMIC: Yeah, I lost 0 and 1 in juniors. You know, I think he played much better than I did second, third set. But see what's costing me today. Should have been realistically straight sets to me, 6‑3 and I was playing well.

But having dropped my confidence and my mental, I was ‑‑ you know, players just can't wait to come back. When I'm down a set, all I want to do is come back and beat the guy. That's where I lacked off a bit today. He took his chance, and credit to him. He played very good tennis.

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[Ranger]

Tomic On Fast Track In Stuttgart



Bernard Tomic, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe and Christopher Kas took time out from practice on Wednesday at the MercedesCup to test three brand new red Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG cars.

“It was amazing, it was my first chance I got to drive such a powerful car,” said Tomic, who is making his debut at the ATP World Tour 250 tournament this week. “I enjoyed it. The track was really good and it was something different than to just hitting a ball fast.

“It is a lot of fear in there. It is very difficult sometimes to push to be faster and to break hard, but I enjoyed it. It is a good adrenaline rush you don’t get from doing anything else! I enjoyed myself a lot, it was a fun day. It really got a lot out of me as a thrill.”

The Australian and the pair of Germans headed to a closed circuit in Stuttgart where they were able to try out the dynamics of the 564-hp Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG cars with AMG Performance Package.

“It was an amazing experience and it is unusual for me to drive such a good car!” said Stebe. “It is just unbelievable how fast this car is and the acceleration in 4.2 seconds to 100 km/h is incredible. To go sideways was a lot of fun, a bit unusual and I need some more practise.”

Kas added, “This was so much fun! The Mercedes-Benz AMG cars are fast and it takes a little bit to get used to the car and to dare to hit the gas and breaks fully.”

The winner of the MercedesCup will receive a Mercedes-Benz SLK 350 BlueEFFICIENCY in diamond white metallic.

Earlier this year Mercedes-Benz extended its commitment as title sponsor at the classic clay court event at the Stuttgart Weissenhof for another three years, through 2015. The Stuttgart automobile brand has been title sponsor since 1979.

Źródło: http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis ... Track.aspx

[Joao]

The Challenger Tomic: A Preface Is Over

Spoiler:

If dismantling a highly rated and rock solid Top 10 opposition in straights sets is not enough then maybe later placing yourself on the brink of much louder upset in four left little doubt. The erratic nature of the upstart was enough to have this year's multi-masters champion and recent owner of GOATs in trouble. Still a 7/5 battle in the fourth was plenty in order to suggest that he didn't allow a minor pole sitting collapse to get to him.

He may have just bombed out in his Cincinnati Masters qualifying match, but it's a nice world away from the ATP's Challenger Circuit. Some word has it that Bernard Tomic decided he did not need his WC place at the US$50K Dallas Challenger as much as he had initially thought, and to some insulted several of his fellow journeymen professionals by putting in the effort of 'close to nil.' (click for source) Yet, that would still be 'some word.' I am sure the Australian tennis community will give Bernard the benefit of the doubt. They may even think 'Ah why not, sure, he's been pretty squeaky clean up till now. Fair go ol' mate.' Or also, they may not.

In all fairness it probably is forgotten, by and large, by even many of staunchest of critics. The passage of time has a way of seeing things differently, especially when people grow up. Case in point his aussieslavic bretheren Jelena Dokic. The people with this case in mind will be even extra forgiving.

In addition, there was forgiving much earlier from Australians. Because for Australians, they were able to see their Tomic feeling comfortable on stage with the best in the world on prime time. Tomic did not win his 3rd round Australian Open though it was this match with Nadal that Tomic finally delivered on a promise that many had shared up until this point. More importantly Tomic was still lauded by the decision makers at Tennis Australia when he followed up a failed main draw Wildcard entry to the Brisbane 250 with a fight through 3 matches of qualifying before succumbing in three sets in the 1st Round of the Sydney 250 to the rising Ukrainian Alex Dolgopolov. Even in a loss it was a good fight that Tomic had put in here, and enough for officials to let completely die the issue of Tomic's failure to appear at the Australian Wild Card Playoffs in December.

The prime time showdown of Tomic and Nadal was the real arrival for many, as it gave us a glimpse of what might lay in store for the viewers of the game. The relaxed demeanour of Tomic in the face of the mythic Bealeric slinger as he bumped, lurched and carved his way to a 4/0 2nd set lead was enough for experienced viewers to see that this here was a big match player - watching this when up set against his previous televised matches, it could certainly be judged that Tomic almost needed a 'big match' to display his unique array of handyworks.

Indeed, the story is often told about the time around when the precocious Tomic won 5 consecutive ITF Under 18 tournaments at the age of 13 years. The story goes that his forehand would possibly not cope well with a world tour whose surfaces are growing increasingly common and homogeneous. It was believed by many that his flat screwball forehand would not get the reward it might deserve in another time but not this one - not a tour favouring high bouncing, heavily rotating bombs.

Wisely, 'they' chose not to change the forehand, and on the contrary it has been proven that it is actually the tour that might not cope well with it. Talent adapts, and with a deft touch that includes being a fan of sharply oscillating general play between heavy, sporadic attack and an insulting push, you'd have to think he'll be able to figure out the day to day puzzle of the tour. After all, as one tennis scholar professes: you don't have to be better than everyone - just better than one guy on the day. Tomic has the levers and switches to play with inside a match to trouble most it would seem.

In any case back it up at Wimbledon erased much of the audiences memory.

So where to from here? Enter Pat Rafter.

Rule Number 1 of Aussie Davis Cup Club: You do not heap shit on Pat Rafter.
Rule Number 2 of Aussie Davis Cup Club: You do not heap shit on Pat Rafter.
There is a Rule Number 3, but on advice it is not going to get a run here. Needless to say, it says something about the best way to monumentally screw up a potential renaissance period for Australian tennis and tattoo you name in dark colours for a good while to come. If most tennis cultures are to be studied, one success can quite often be the catalyst for many others. The spark. The ignition required for combustion. So, little wonder Australian officialdom were very careful with any words spoken of Tomic.

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For Tomic and the Tomic fans who want to know all about him, the preface of a career is over. With Aussie warhorse Rafter's words on Tomic on show for all to see in the video above, you can only get the feeling that Rafter knows he is exactly the man to be in the position that he is right now. The man to cultivate the hard core Australian spirit and harmony that is expected in any hallmark Australian team. Every man and his dog, the wife and her mother adore him. Rafter himself realises he belongs to the last Australian Grand Slam winning generation - who better?

By crossing the man in charge Rafter, Tomic knows that it is public relations hell from there on in. And the pull of Rafter does not end in Australia. The world will know what happened. Captain Patrick Rafter's first win at helm of Australia's post Wimbledon Davis Cup charge at China showed us his nervousness at needing his team to not underestimate any opponent. Respecting opponents was a quality Rafter always showed as a player and is a quality the already confident Tomic would do well to be influenced by - especially at lower level tournaments and in early rounds. Can't bring your A-Game at big matches that you are not a part of.

The footsteps of Dokic will not be retraced. For one, Tomic as a male will have an easier time of finding his own voice. All young players, including Aussieslavs, do grow to have their very own words. And secondly, well, refer to rule #1. The golden sheen of his Davis Cup coach will rub off onto Tomic, and you get the feeling Rafter will recommend the tour guidance of someone in the shape of former Top Tenner Peter MacNamara - the Australian old-schooler who last year was cheif at the helm of driving Grigor Dimitrov's ship from beyond the reaches of the ATP Challenger Tour and into the stratosphere that is the main tour. Pat will, at least, recommend someone with the necessary know how.

But for now, just one or two words in Tomic's ear is enough. And maybe overseeing a couple of successful home style 'Bernard & Lleyton' Davis Cup shows where both are playing singles... you know... patch things up between those two.

All of the above doesn't really matter and doesn't even qualify as mere speculation. It's a simple formality as Croat Ace God Goran recently declared his seal of approval at his slavic bretheren's new mentor during the Tomic and Djokovic battle.


The Golden Shamrock

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[Sempere]

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[Sempere]

Wywiad po porażce w II rundzie US Open 2012

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[Joao]

Rafter upset with poor Tomic attitude

Spoiler:

9/5/12 7:09 PM | Johan Lindahl

Australian Davis Cup hero Patrick Rafter has given a big serve to his rising hope Bernard Tomic after the teenager put in a pathetic performance in losing to Andy Roddick in the second round of the Us Open.

Rafter, who will have to rely on Tomic and veteran campaigner Lleyton Hewitt in next week's Davis Cup relegation battle away against Germany, was unimpressed as Tomic dropped the last set against Roddick to love.

"I threw out the big D word to him yesterday - disgraceful," the two-time US Open champion Rafter told Australian television. "There is no use sugar-coating something. He has to do the work.

"We have two weeks of Davis Cup coming up and that is hard work and hard training. He has to pull his socks up and be part of this team."

Tomic has always been a problem child for national tennis authorities - and his exploits over recent years with traffic cops in his home state of Queensland have not done him any public relations favours either.

The youngest man in the ATP top 50 also had a past feud with Aussie icon Hewitt, 31, which has since been patched over. The May-December pairing are the best that the Aussie can put onto the court against Germany in hopes of returning to the World Group through a victory.

http://www.tennistalk.com/en/news/20120 ... c_attitude

[Sempere]

Wimbledon memories: Bernard Tomic

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[Sempere]

Pat Rafter on Bernard Tomic

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[DUN I LOVE]

Tomek znowu narozrabiał. Pewnego dnia to się źle skończy.

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[robpal]

Dla mnie to po prostu była impreza urodzinowa. Cóż, napił się, zrozumiałe.

[DUN I LOVE]

Może komuś szczególnie zależy, żeby go zniszczyć - australijskie media są wyjątkowo na niego cięte. Ponoć na Antypodach to już nie Australijczyk, a "bałkański Australijczyk".

[Sempere]

2012 w liczbach

Ranking: 51
Bilans meczów: 26-27 (49,1 %)
Łączna liczba spotkań: 53
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $527,353

[Barty]

Tomic has Federer’s empathy


Josh Eagle, the coach of Australian Marinko Matosevic, tells the Melbourne Age that Roger Federer told him that he is somewhat empathetic with what Bernard Tomic is going through. The 20-year-old Aussie has been in a slump and has become tabloid fodder due to some off-court incidents.

“Federer was suggesting that he could relate a little bit to the pressure that Tomic was facing as he is essentially one of the young guns marked for success,” Eagle said. “Fed was saying how when he was young he used to get frustrated and angry during matches and then end up playing badly. I was surprised at how aware the top guys were of Tomic and his progression. A year ago, most players were a little scared of playing him. He must be careful that he keeps performing, otherwise he loses the X-factor that he had worked hard to get. At the moment players are not afraid to play him and talk spreads quickly in the locker room about other players’ strengths and weaknesses. They almost feed off this.”

http://www.tennis.com/news/2012/11/tomi ... Lj0g2dzVOw

[robpal]

Tomic dropped from Davis Cup tie after slack attitude

BERNARD TOMIC has been suspended from Australia's opening Davis Cup tie in Taiwan next season as the estrangement between the country's most talented young player and the tennis establishment spills over into what, for Tomic, threatens not to be such a happy new year.

It is believed Tennis Australia will also cut Tomic's support funding for the start of next year, amid growing exasperation over the 20-year-old's effort, attitude and commitment, if not his wayward off-court behaviour.

It continues the statement made by Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter by not selecting Australia's new No.1, Marinko Matosevic, for the previous tie for disciplinary reasons.

''Pat has made the decision early that for the first tie next year Bernard will not be selected,'' TA's director of tennis, Craig Tiley, confirmed. ''As a team, we just felt that part of the commitment that we make to athletes and athletes make to the sport is they always put 100 per cent commitment and effort in competing for their country …
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''I think you can draw a few parallels with Marinko. It's very much along those lines. It's not one specific incident, just an aggregation of his approach to the game … We just felt that this decision should provide additional motivation every time he walks on the court to be a total professional in his approach to not only his preparation but competing in the match and post-match.

''And it would be no different if he was the No.1 player in Australia, or the No.100 player, or a junior.''

Tomic was Australia's top-ranked man until late October and a much-heralded Wimbledon quarter-finalist last year. From being world No.27 in June, he has slipped to 52. At the US Open, Tomic was accused of tanking in a third set against Andy Roddick in an effort Rafter branded ''disgraceful''.

Tiley refused to comment on the financial ramifications of the suspension, but the precedent was set by Matosevic, whose substandard effort in the dead rubber against South Korea in April cost him a place in the doomed world group play-off against Germany in September, and an estimated $100,000 in travel grants and coaching support.

In Matosevic's absence, Tomic's attitude was questioned during a difficult week for the team that failed to win either of the final-day matches that would have delivered an overdue return to the world group. But Tomic told Fairfax Media in October that, although he and Rafter had words in Hamburg, there was no rift. ''Me and Pat have been [getting along] really well … we haven't had any issues, and he said what he needed to say,'' Tomic said.

News of the suspension was applauded by several past players. ''He's 20, he's a kid compared to a lot of the guys that are out there and, like us all, you've got to learn some lessons the hard way, and hopefully he does because he's a good guy and he's the sort of bloke you want to see do well,'' Jason Stoltenberg, formerly a top-20 singles player and coach of Lleyton Hewitt.

''Hopefully he trusts that there are some people in his corner that have experience and knowledge who want the best for him, like Pat … Sometimes some tough love … is not a bad thing. I definitely support Pat … I think he's been doing a pretty good job.''

World No.9 Sam Stosur also labelled Tomic's recent behaviour as ''disappointing''. ''He's young but he seems to be making a lot of poor decisions at the moment,'' Stosur told Melbourne radio. ''I hope for his sake he grows up pretty quick.''

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[Barty]

Hewitt advising troubled Tomic

Lleyton Hewitt tells Perth Now that he is in contact with Bernard Tomic and is attempting to help the troubled 20-year-old find his way.

Tomic was recently suspended from Australia’s first-round Davis Cup tie against Chinese Taipei in Taiwan by Tennis Australia and captain Patrick Rafter for his poor attitude. A Davis Cup stalwart, Hewitt says he agrees with Rafter’s decision, but will continue to advise Tomic.

“Pat Rafter has obviously made a stance where you have to live up to his expectations to be part of the Australian David Cup team,” Hewitt said. “Obviously Bernie has done a few things that haven’t agreed with Pat, especially over the past 12 months or so, and he’s going to have to pay a price for that. Pat’s come in a made some tough decisions, but Pat’s heart is in the right place in terms of getting Australian tennis where it belongs.”

Former No. 1 Hewitt said that he does believe Tomic can regain his stride.

“I think he feels that he can talk to me, which is a good thing,” Hewitt said. “I can definitely help him in certain areas of his game, for him to make that next stance and try to get back in the Top 30 in the world, potentially the Top 20 and maybe the Top 10…There’s no doubt he has exceptional talent, but he has to use it in the right way.”

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[Jacques D.]

Hopman Cup is Bernard Tomic's time to prove his critics wrong






NEW Hopman Cup director Steve Ayles says he is confident Bernard Tomic has put tanking controversies behind him and will give everything for Australia at Perth Arena next week.

Tomic and late inclusion Ashleigh Barty will launch the host nation's campaign against Germany in the opening night session next Saturday.

The Hopman Cup shapes as a crucial test of character for Tomic, who has been engulfed in a string of on and off-court dramas this year.

The 20-year-old Queenslander was accused of tanking by John McEnroe in a disastrous loss to Andy Roddick at the US Open four months ago. The capitulation was later labelled "disgraceful" by Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter.

In October, Tomic admitted he only gave "85 per cent" after a loss at the Shanghai Masters. In both matches he lost the final set 6-0.

Tomic, who has slid to world No.52 having reached a career high of 27 in June, will face a higher-ranked opponent in each of his singles matches at the Hopman Cup, with clashes against reborn German veteran Tommy Haas (21), world No.1 Novak Djokovic and Italian Andreas Seppi (23).

He will likely begin each match with Australia a tie down, given 16-year-old Barty will be a rank outsider in her fixtures, and there are no official rankings points on offer.

But Ayles predicted WA fans would see a new, more mature Tomic who was desperate to give his all.

"There's no concern whatsoever," he said. "He knows that this is the start of a new year, it's time to put 2012 behind him; and he knows he's got to give 100 per cent the whole time and I think that starts right here in Perth.

"This is the platform for him to show exactly what he has been doing in the off-season and that he is ready for this challenge. History tells us whenever he is presented with a challenge, he rises to it."

Ayles said he was confident the crowd would get right behind Tomic despite his tumultuous year.

"We've all been a teenager and we've all made a few mistakes and we've all learnt from them and he's no different to any of us and I think the public has some sort of sympathy for that," he said.

"He's had a tough year in 2012 and if he's going to go forward and be one of the great players that everybody knows he has the potential to be, then he's got to start showing that right now."

The Hopman Cup will be played as an outdoor tournament for the first time, with the Perth Arena to be left open for all day and night sessions barring rain or heat.

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W sztabie Bernarda pojawiły się nowe twarze:
Fitness trainer: Salvador Sosa z Hiszpanii
Sparingpartner: Thomas Drouet z Monako.

Pierwsze efekty widzimy w Perth, gdzie Tomic pokonał lidera rankingu - mecz wprawdzie nieoficjalny, ale zawsze to wyczyn.

[Joao]

Pierwsze efekty widzimy w Perth, gdzie Tomic pokonał lidera rankingu - mecz wprawdzie nieoficjalny, ale zawsze to wyczyn.

Podczas AO powtórka mile widziana

[Joao]

Plany startowe:

Hopman Cup
Sydney
Australian Open
Davis Cup
Rotterdam

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