Racket firm drops Tomic

Bernard Tomic has been dumped by racket sponsors Head just hours after he was fined more than £11,000 following his controversial first-round exit from Wimbledon.

The Australian was beaten in straight sets by Mischa Zverev on Tuesday and then gave an extraordinary press conference, saying he felt “bored” during the match.

Tomic also admitted he called for the trainer even though he was not injured to try to disrupt his opponent’s momentum.

It has resulted in a fine of £11,600 from the International Tennis Federation.

News of the fine was followed by a statement from Head, who stood firmly behind Maria Sharapova during her doping ban but have deemed Tomic’s attitude unacceptable.

It read: “We were extremely disappointed with the statements made at Wimbledon by one of our sponsored athletes, Bernard Tomic.

“His opinions in no way reflect our own attitude for tennis, our passion, professionalism and respect for the game. Therefore, we have decided to discontinue our collaboration with Bernard Tomic.”

Russia’s Daniil Medvedev was fined £11,200.

Medvedev had a number of disputes with umpire Mariana Alves during his five-set loss to Ruben Bemelmans in the second round and ended the match by throwing coins in the direction of her chair.

He expressed remorse afterwards and insisted he was not trying to insinuate that Alves had been bribed.