Having already plummeted from 39 to 146 in the rankings since Wimbledon, Tomic now faces the very real prospect of being forced to request a wild card from Tennis Australia for his home grand slam in Melbourne in January. Everyone has their own work, their own job and it’s not like I can go and start real estate or something, restaurants. My job’s only to play tennis and it’s all I know. Tennis Australia head of performance Wally Masur warned him pre-tournament to be prepared for the grind of the minor tours if he fails to win a match at the U.S. Open. Tomic, though, reminded journalists he had battled back from a similarly low ranking after double hip surgery in 2014.

Source: The Star August 29, 2017 02:37 UTC