Bernard Tomic has been sensationally booted from the stands of a event within the Dominican Republic for heckling the participant who’d crushed him two days earlier.
Tomic was knocked out of the RD Open in Santo Domingo in straight units 6-2, 6-2 by Ecuadorian fortunate loser Andres Andrade within the quarter ultimate on Friday morning (AEST).
Andrade received his semi-final the next day, and met Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Damir Dzumhur within the ultimate.
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However Tomic, clearly nonetheless bitter from the loss, returned to the venue and sat within the stands for the ultimate to heckle Andrade.
Eyewitnesses stated Tomic even moved across the venue between video games to make sure he was at all times on the identical finish as Andrade.
Bernard Tomic was faraway from the stands of an ATP Challenger occasion for heckling a rival. ATP
He was finally confronted by event officers and eliminated early within the second set, which prompted a large cheer from the group.
“I need this man to be taken out,” Andrade might be heard saying as Tomic was escorted out.
The chair umpire responded by telling him he had been eliminated, and could be spoken to once more ought to he return.
Andrade misplaced the ultimate in straight units 6-4, 6-4.
It is the newest in a profession stuffed with weird lows from a person as soon as predicted to be a a number of grand slam winner.
As soon as ranked No.17 on the earth rankings, Tomic now sits at No.250. He hasn’t been contained in the top-100 since 2019.
His win-loss on the Challenger Tour this yr is 12-13.
At a event in Arkansas in June, whereas the world’s greatest have been taking part in on the French Open, Tomic stop mid-match after getting right into a weird argument together with his girlfriend.
His final event win got here in a lowly ITF event in Chennai, India in January on Australia Day weekend.
