‘Tanking’ Tomic fined £45k
BERNARD TOMIC was fined 100 per cent of his prize money by Wimbledon for a lack of effort in his first-round match.
The Australian, who was punished for a similar offence two years ago, was hit with a £45,000 sanction after the All England Club ruled he “did not perform to the required professional standard” during his 58-minute defeat to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Tomic, who can appeal against the charge, was rolling serves in and did not chase balls down as Tsonga wrapped up the quickest win in the men’s singles since 2004.
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