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THE MANY CONTROVERSIES OF BERNARD TOMIC

Sept 2009: Declines a practice session with Lleyton Hewitt, with a representative reportedly telling Hewitt’s team the twotime grand slam title winner “isn’t good enough”. Tomic denies this, saying he turned it down because he had swine flu.

Jan 2012: Fined three times in one day for speeding offences in his orange BMW on Gold Coast.

Sept 2012: Accused by John McEnroe of tanking after a 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 loss to Andy Roddick in the US Open second round.

Jan 2013: Loses his licence when caught speeding again, this time in a yellow Ferrari.

Nov 2013: Photographed getting a lap dance from two women on the Gold Coast.

Jan 2014: Booed by his home crowd at the Australian Open when he pulls out of a match against Rafael Nadal after one set, citing a groin injury.

March 2014: Suffers the fastest loss in ATP history, losing to Finland’s Jarko Nieminen 6-0, 6-1 in just 28 minutes.

July 2015: Goes on an epic rant against Tennis Australia at Wimbledon after then-TA performance director Pat Rafter threatens to withdraw TA funding for his family. Tomic calls Rafter a “good actor” and a “mask” for TA boss Craig Tiley.

July 2015: Arrested in US after a party noise complaint in a $10,000-a-night Miami hotel penthouse. He spends a day in jail and his shirtless mug shot is shown around the world.

May 2016: Concedes a match at Madrid Open by holding his racquet backwards on match point. He says he didn’t care about the match because he is “23 and worth over $10 million”.

July 2017: Cops second largest fine in Wimbledon history for comments he made about being bored in first-round loss.

January 2018: Falls in the final round of Australian Open qualifying, saying “I’m off to count my millions” as he leaves.