Tomic shrugs off wildcard snub
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Troubled Bernard Tomic, who was denied a wildcard to next week鈥檚 Australian Open, says he didn鈥檛 need the help anyway and will tackle qualifying to make the main draw of his home grand slam.
Once a rising star, the 25-year-old鈥檚 ranking has plunged to 142 in the world after a car-crash 2017 season in which he admitted he was 鈥渂ored鈥 and not always giving 100 percent. He missed out on an Australian Open wildcard from Tennis Australia after failing to front up for the December playoff and also ignoring an invitation to a training camp run by Lleyton Hewitt.
He must now win three sudden-death qualifying matches this week to secure his Open entry for a 10th straight year.
鈥淚鈥檓 not going to say anything (about not getting a wildcard),鈥 he told reporters after losing to Japan鈥檚 world No. 169 Yoshihito Nishioka in straight sets. 鈥淚t鈥檚 their view and I鈥檝e never needed the help of Tennis Australia to achieve what I鈥檝e achieved in my career. For me, it鈥檚 not a big problem.鈥
Tomic said the match against Nishioka was a good workout to judge the state of his game. 鈥淚 haven鈥檛 played that much tennis the last six months, so anything is good for me now,鈥 he said. 鈥淚 just need more matches and get back to feeling confident on the court.
鈥淚 know the last qualifiers I was in at a slam I made the quarters when I was 18 at Wimbledon, so I think for me as long as you鈥檙e playing well you can always believe in yourself and play well from that.
鈥淚鈥檇 love to qualify and do well but it鈥檚 going to be tough, there鈥檚 a lot of good players in the qualifiers and you have to respect everyone, so we鈥檒l see how it goes.鈥
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