Tennis: Tomic axed from Davis Cup

SYDNEY: Captain Pat Rafter will not select troubled Bernard Tomic for Australia’s opening Davis Cup tie next year amid concerns over his on and off-court behaviour, according to Tennis Australia (TA).

Tomic, 20, has fallen foul of TA several times over the past 18 months. “As a team, we just felt that part of the commitment that we make to athletes and athletes make to the sport is they always put 100% commitment and effort in competing for their country,” said Craig Tiley, TA’s director of tennis.

“It’s not one specific incident, just an aggregation of his approach to the game,” Australia are due to play Taiwan in February.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 7^th, 2012.