Wtf Tomic just let 2 serves from zverev go in a row to lose the first set. Fucking disgusting level of effort so far. #Wimbledon2017
— Miles Rajander (@Miles_raj) July 4, 2017
Tomic would have to be the laziest tennis player to ever step foot on court. I am embarrassed to call him a fellow Aussie at the moment.
— Casey (@MissCasey76) July 4, 2017
Geez Tomic looks like he’s prefer to be anywhere else rather than #Wimbledon2017 . The $1.92 Zverev looks overs… #earlycrow
— Trent Glover (@trent_glover) July 4, 2017
His reasoning for that admittedly poor performance is less physical – see his unlucky mate Nick Kyrgios for more on that one – than mental, and we guess, existential.
Speaking to the press pack after the match, Tomic admitted that he simply isn’t getting the kicks out of tennis that he’s used to, and that the whole thing is a bit dull to him.
“I felt bored.”
This turns a little bit awkward from Bernard Tomic… #wimbledon pic.twitter.com/7Mn2XEOdZd
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 4, 2017
“I see, for example, Zverev winning Rome, and achieving… You know, I’ve won titles in my career, and I’ve made finals. A bunch of them.“So I feel, you know, holding a trophy, or doing well – it doesn’t satisfy me any more. It’s not there. I couldn’t care less if I make the fourth round US Open, or I lose the first round.“To me, everything is the same. I know I’m going to play another ten years, and I know after my career I won’t have to work again. So, for me, this is mental.”
ICYMI | Bernard Tomic bowed out in straights sets to Mischa Zverev at #Wimbledon overnight
Then…this happened pic.twitter.com/OczqsAioGe
— #7TENNIS ?? (@7tennis) July 4, 2017
The German said “I don’t know what was wrong with him but I could definitely tell he was not 100 per cent…
“I didn’t know what to expect, because between points he was walking slowly, and he definitely acted like something was wrong.”
Photo: David Ramos / Getty.
