• Tactical Tennis #22 – Bernard Tomic, Wimbledon Fourth Round Predictions

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    In today’s podcast we spend quite a bit of time arguing about Bernard Tomic. Far more than we planned to. But we also get around to predicting the outcome of the fourth round matches at Wimbledon!

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    Tactical Tennis #22 - Bernard Tomic, Wimbledon Fourth Round Predictions
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  • Breaking Down Bernard Tomic

    The Hopman Cup, named for legendary Australian Davis Cup Captain Harry Hopman, is little more than an international glorified exhibition tournament. Featuring two-person teams (one player of each gender) from eight different nations, the round-robin format allows for some guaranteed matches leading into the start of the tennis season. Given the laid-back nature of the affair, Bernard Tomic’s straight set defeat of Novak Djokovic earlier today will hardly send shock-waves through the world of tennis. It may however, cause at least a ripple. After a promising start to his professional career with a quarter-final run at Wimbledon in 2011 (where he lost in 4 sets to eventual champion.. Novak Djokovic), Tomic took a rather large step backwards in 2012 where his poor on-court performance wasn’t helped by off-court drama such as a bizarre stand-off with Australian police and another incident involving Tomic fighting his friend and also possibly police in October. With the year ending so poorly for the young Australia, the shock victory over Djokovic brings us to the topic of today’s update:

    Is Bernard Tomic’s Hopman Cup win over Djokovic more accident or omen? Was this a fluke victory over a sub-par Novak in a meaningless exhibition, or is Tomic primed to take his tennis career to the next level in 2013?

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