With every passing tournament, it seems, Bernard Tomic’s once-promising career falls farther and farther into the abyss.
The 24-year-old Australian’s first-round loss at Wimbledon on Tuesday was ugly, but his press conference after the match was even uglier.
"I just started bad the first set, and then, mentally, I wasn't there after he broke me in the second," Tomic said after his 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 loss to 27th-seeded Mischa Zverev. “Some weeks I play well and beat a bunch of players and do super well in tournaments ... But now it's a roller coaster, and I just can't seem to find, like, the commitment to work hard, to enjoy [playing] and to lift trophies.”
Tomic, ranked 59th, reached as high as No. 17 in January of 2016 and has won three titles in his career—the last of which came in 2015. He’s struggled for much of the past two years, though, and is now 9-16 on the season.
