Tennis bad boy Bernard Tomic boasts of earning millions during ‘amazing’ career despite hardly trying
Controversial Australian says he gives about 50 per cent effort and that he’s never loved the game
Under-fire Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic has boasted of his “amazing” achievements in the sport and winning millions of dollars in prize money despite not really trying hard throughout his career.
In a candid interview with Australian broadcaster The Seven Network, the 24-year-old also said he had no regrets about his Wimbledon admission of being “bored” during his first round defeat, comments that cost him a steep fine and his sponsorship with racket manufacturer Head.
“Throughout my career I’ve given 100 per cent. I’ve given also 30 per cent,“ Tomic said in the television interview from Miami.
“But if you balance it out, I think all my career’s been around 50 per cent and I haven’t really tried and I’ve achieved all this,” Tomic said. “So it’s just amazing what I’ve done. I never loved tennis. I am just going to go about it as a job.
Watch: Bernard Tomic’s interview
“Wouldn’t anyone want to take a job in a professional sport in one of the biggest sports in the world and only give 50, 60 per cent and earn millions of dollars? I think everybody would take that.”