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Post by Traveling Man on Jun 1, 2013 4:58:39 GMT -5
I believe he's banned from Wimbledon, though. So at least someone got it right.
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Post by Old Hag on Jun 1, 2013 11:55:43 GMT -5
Ugh, this is making me like Tomic. I know how he feels, and how hard it is to avoid being an asshole yourself because of it.
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Post by janie on Jun 1, 2013 12:56:45 GMT -5
In the end, the FFT stepped in and banned the dad from the grounds, after the ITF wouldn't. But Bernie said his dad is still his coach, was right there in Paris training with him, and oh he loves him so.
It doesn't make me like Bernie, but at least it helps explain some of his unlovable ways. Some things are also explained by his age, of course. It'll take a couple of years to see if he's as bad as he seems now; after all, Andy was awful as a kid but did manage to get better with age.
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Post by janie on Sept 6, 2013 9:09:45 GMT -5
From ESPN: Court: Bernard Tomic's father guilty
Updated: September 6, 2013, 9:23 AM ET Associated Press
MADRID -- John Tomic, the father and coach of Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic, was found guilty by a Spanish court on Friday of head-butting Thomas Drouet before the Madrid Open in May.
The court handed John Tomic an eight-month sentence. But in line with Spanish law, he will not have to go to prison since he has no criminal record and the sentence is for less than two years.
The judge presiding over Madrid criminal court No. 8, Jacobo Vigil, found "Mr. Tomic dealt a head-butt to the face of Mr. Drouet. It was not proven that Mr. Drouet had previously assaulted Mr. Tomic."
The court also ordered John Tomic to remain 500 meters away from Drouet, Bernard's former training partner. The decision can be appealed.
The ATP banned the elder Tomic from all events following his assault on Drouet outside a Madrid hotel on May 4.
The 20-year-old Tomic has a promising career, but it's been sprinkled with controversy.
In November, he was fined and put on a 12-month good-behavior bond after twice being stopped by police for driving offenses near his Gold Coast home.
In late October, police were called to a high-rise apartment building in the Australian resort of Surfers Paradise after residents saw two men, one of them naked, wrestling and fighting in a hot tub on the balcony. One of the men was later identified as Tomic.
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Post by The Chloe on Sept 6, 2013 19:23:12 GMT -5
Bad man.
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