‘BORED’ TOMIC DITCHED BY SPONSOR

BERNARD TOMIC has been dumped by his racket sponsor Head and hit with the second largest fine in Wimbledon history for admitting he was ‘bored’ during a straight-sets first-round singles defeat. The maverick Australian earned a six-figure annual sum from Head, whose indifference to Maria Sharapova’s doping ban led them to celebrate the reduction of her two-year ban with the hashtag #WeStoodWithMaria in October. But Head declared they were ‘extremely disappointed with the statements made at Wimbledon’ by Tomic. The player has also been fined £11,565 by the All England Club. After defeat by Mischa Zverev on Tuesday, Tomic admitted taking a medical time-out for tactical reasons. His fine is even greater than the one handed to Russian Daniil Medvedev for throwing coins at the umpire’s chair on Wednesday and implying that the official, Mariana Alves, was biased. The 21-year-old must pay back £11,180.