Josh Eagle eases pressure of negative criticism on Bernard Tomic – Tennis News
World number 52, Bernard Tomic, is under the cosh at the moment. He had a pathetic current season witnessing a slump in his form; drowning from the 27th spot in the world rankings to the 52nd rank courtesy
to multiple opening rounds upsets.
He started the year at Brisbane as the eighth seed and gobbled up three victories before falling out to the top seed Briton, Andy Murray, in the semi-final. It seemed to be a beginning of another fantastic season for the 20-year-old
Aussie who stunned the world and entered the limelight by breaking through to the quarter-final of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in 2011.
He won all three matches at the AAMI Classic in Kooyong. The Australian Open tournament yielded three hard fought victories for the Aussie superstar who defeated two seeded player, Fernando Verdasco (22) and Alexandr Dolgopolov
(13), on his way to the fourth round where she lost to the third seed Swiss Maestro, Roger Federer. Everything looked terrific for the Aussie star but none knew that the loss to the 31-year-old Swiss would be the start of a major downfall for the Aussie.
In the coming tours, Tomic fall victim to the first round upsets in the 12 tournaments. He was unable to clear a single stage in Wimbledon and US Open whilst lasted just two rounds in the French Open. He has been criticized a lot
lately for his miserable performances.
Josh Eagle came to the rescue of the youngster who commented, “At the top level of any sport it takes more than just talent to succeed. Bernie has to learn from the champions of our sport. If he can find a way to compete like the
top-10 players do every time he steps onto a court, then he will have a very, very successful future.”
He further added, “I guess we must remember that he is still young. He has proved before that he embraces the spotlight and a huge centre-court match. Let's not write Bernard Tomic off. He will bounce back. But the time has come
for Bernie to take control of his own career - and silence the murmurs in the locker room.”
Let’s hope the motivation uplift from the above stated quotes can help the 20-year-old kid to groom further in 2013. Otherwise, Australia will be deprived from another showstopper who was beginning to be the threat for every seeded
player.
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