Tennis Australia will accept Bernard Tomic life ban

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Tennis Australia will accept Bernard Tomic life ban 

Post#1 » by THEmasterWAYNE » Mon Feb 2, 2009 11:16 am

Tennis Australia will accept Bernard Tomic life ban
By Leo Schlink

February 02, 2009 TENNIS Australia will throw Bernard Tomic to the wolves even if the star junior is given a life ban from the Pro Tour circuit for walking off court in Perth in December.

Tennis Australia's director of player development Craig Tiley declared Tomic would not receive any support from officials if the ITF bars the 16-year-old prodigy from the Pro Tour.

Such a ban would not prevent Tomic contesting ATP or grand slam events, but eviction from the Pro Tour's Challenger and Futures events would block the Queenslander's bid to improve his ranking.


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Re: Tennis Australia will accept Bernard Tomic life ban 

Post#2 » by Marmoset » Tue Feb 3, 2009 1:41 am

Not the same article, but found this one on Google which gives some history:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/ten ... 34965.html

It would be insane to give this kid a lifetime ban over this. A suspension - absolutely.

I suspect the tough talk from Australia has more to do with Australia's past history with problem parents (Jelena Dokic) and they are trying to send a stern message that a repeat of that will not be tolerated. I don't think they would hurt the development of a prime tennis prospect.

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