Bernard Tomic ready to mount tennis comeback, wants to leave controversial past behind

Tomic played a brilliant event reached the quarterfinal but never quite lived up to his potential after that. His controversial personality was an issue as well with his career being better remembered by some of the shocking things he said rather than his victories on the court. Speaking in a recent interview Tomic admitted being childish:

“There are so many things I should not have said, should not have done. But I did. I’m not the same as I was when I was 18, 20 years old. Time changes people. I’m a bit older. A bit wiser. I’m not that stupid little kid anymore.”

In 2017 he famously said that he was bored on the court prompting Navratilova to tell him to find another job. Now Tomic is ready to try once more, at age 29 he is not the youngest anymore but he believes that he can still reach the top if he tries. He explained:

“I had too much success at a young age. Everything got to me. The travel, day in, day out tournaments. By age 25 I was tired and started saying dumb s*** in the media. I was so successful at a young age. I was top 50 and I was 18 years old. All the travel got to me."

He continued:

“I was travelling from the age of 10. All these guys in Europe … they come to Australia once a year. I was 10 years old, in Australia, having to go to the US and back. Australia was such a grind. Having to travel everywhere and then back, back, back.”