For Fritz, it was a first career win at Roland Garros and backed up a solid season on European clay. The year-old American, ranked 42, was a semi-finalist in Lyon last week, losing to eventual champion Benoit Paire.
The city is also special for the American — back in , he proposed to his girlfriend Raquel Pedraza in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. The two are now married with a son, Jordan. Share your perspective on this article with a post on ScrollStack, and send it to your followers. Booing an injured player is one thing. Why you no longer need to follow Bernard Tomic. The vitriol was astonishing. And this for a player who has undergone not one, but two rounds of surgery on both hips in a bid to get back on the court this year.
Knew it was coming! Kyrgios's win over Rafa woke up d inner beast of Tomic! BattleOfAussies pic. The recovery process has been slow and painful. The reintroduction to the cutthroat world of professional tennis has been tough. Work in a factory. What about the fans who have paid for the courtside tickets? What about the history of the game?
Why can't he be like Federer? Or Nadal? Or Rafter? In truth, he's more like Andre Agassi, who told us in autobiography, Open , just how much tennis tortured him. It wasn't until he lost the hairspray and hairpiece, kicked the meth and found love and children with Steffi Graf that he came out the other side, winning grand slam titles and becoming a universally loved and adored character.
Like Tomic, Agassi and Graf had overbearing fathers. In an interview with German news magazine Der Spiegel around the time of his book's release, Agassi revealed how tough the life of a tennis professional could be. He said: "I told a lot of people that I hated tennis — seriously and strongly hated it — and they all tried to talk me out of it: 'Ah, that is not right, Andre; in fact you love tennis, don't you? Agassi waited until the end of his career to announce how much he disliked his own sport.
Tomic has announced it by tanking at Wimbledon, telling the media afterwards he was "bored" and then explaining to Channel Seven that he is just in this for the money. He says he will never find happiness while playing tennis — it's just a pay cheque to fund his playboy lifestyle.
Before we stepped into his father's old Mazda that afternoon, I'd spent a few hours interviewing Tomic. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www. Please note that TheJournal. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy. News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated.
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