Why do people hate Tomic?

Really, have heard his not nice Iguess respect is earned and by being respectful!

I think Bernard has been bought up to believe the public will only like him when he gets very good results. This has lead him to talk in a arrogant tone! The truth is the public are not judging him on his results, its about him and his fathers behavior. When he gets good results there is no real difference, people still have not warmed to him. If he wants to try to salvage his reputation and be liked it is really easy, be a decent human!

People are fed up of the hype and controversy that follows. Seems it is his father's influence why he is a pro tennis player. He has been given lots of help to get to where he is, think he will be given a lot of opportunities for Davis cup but had a feud with Rafter. Nick is another aussie and seems to have more support.

Impressed by the balance of Micheal Frawleys article. It certainly doesn't take much searching to find people who don't like Tomic, I'm no fan myself. He's young yes and should be 'cut some slack' but I certainly can't ignore tennis experts such as Rafter who banned him from Davis Cup for a while re: his attitude and McEnroe who said Bernard was 'tanking'. Hewitt evan if he loses will give it all he's got everytime he goes on court. I don't think there's an excuse for not putting 100% into a match especially when people are paying to see you. Also he probably has had some influence from his dad who doesn't seem at all remorseful about assaulting someone.

Tonic's behaviour and conduct does nothing to endear himself to the sporting public.

We saw Tomic playing at Roland garros in 2009. He looked just as miserable then as he does now. I don't think he really wants to be there. I think he feels responsible for supporting his family.

I think people's desperation to have the perfect Aussie tennis hero taints their view of Tomic. Ok you don't have to love the guy, but seriously is there enough to justify hating him. Isn't that a shade too far the other way?

I find some of the stereotyped comments about Tomic based on his ethno-cultural background to be offensive. Are we to assume that there is a psychological phenomenon called "old school Yugo crazy"? Are we to assume that a proposed Croatian inferiority complex translates into hoonish behaviour in everybody with Croatian background, or does it get bred out in our sunburnt country? I've met too many Aussies who are nongs, too many Scots who are numpties, too many Serbians who are nice people, too many Croatians who are friendly and hospitable, too many Greeks who are dills, too many Greeks who are clever and generous, too many humble Americans, etc etc to accept that sort of nonsense.

Rafter did it the hard way coming from Mt Isa. He had to sleep at train stations to save money to get to events. Probably explains why he took so long to get success and he didn't have his parents tagging along. Long way from the top quality coaches and courts that Scud grew up on in inner Melbourne.

People realised that when Australians had no one to support. Stosur's US Open win broke a long drought since Lleyton's Wimbledon win. She was a junior champion and took a long time to reach her potential. In the men's these days you can't wait that long. The next crop of youngsters will be bigger and faster then current young blokes like Tomic. That's why Tomic can't sit around and waste his talent. By the time he is 28 he will be heading towards carthorse territory with some sort of recurring injury chasing balls whipped by some behometh with with far quicker weapons. Anyone who is involved in junior sport would have noticed the size, skill and speed that young kids have now.

Read the diary of the French Guy that trained with him, it's explosive and if even a quarter of it is true then TBH, Tomic is nearly as bad as his old man. They are old school Yugo crazy, not wired right, either of them.

And the Poo had the most talent... yet wasted it.

Tomic is just like the Poo, a waste of talent. The Poo had the potential to be a great. He wasted it. Tomic is on the same path.

Australians are pretty picky when it comes to Tennis players. Also there have been numerous juniors that haven't done much at all. Todd Reid and Chris Guiccione come to mind. Lleyton Hewitt was a world number 1, major winner and Davis Cup legend (had one of the best records in Aus history in that comp) but he wasn't liked because of his antics. Tomic needs to make the right decisions. Hewitt's (and you could say Dokic's) career went south when he made bizarre coaching choices Rasheed over Cahill/Stoltenburg ... Rasheed at the time was his fitness trainer who had no real Tennis playing background and he went with him over the coaches that took him to the top. Getting with Tony Roche was too late. Hewitt due to his size had to rely on fitness and Tennis smarts to compete. Instead he got a load of injuries and played defensive Tennis. When you are getting a load of injuries the pace goes. Court coverage was Hewitt's big strength. Now you see glimpses of it and the fight that he had but it's far too late. Tomic if he doesn't improve his ranking will run in to the same problems that Hewitt has had having to play higher ranked opponents early on in majors which increases the risk of bombing out early. Given the amount of seeds used these days Tomic should be at the stage where he is pushing for one. That would get him more round of 16 appearances and possible QFs. More Masters Series events where there are big rankings points on offer should be his goal. You need to do it over a whole year that's how rankings are evaluated now.

"Everyone loves Nick Kyrgios" -- sorry, but I have never met the guy. I have only seen him play a tennis match, and seen a lot of hype about him and his family on what must have been a slow news day. I thought he played very well and pulled off an amazing victory -- quite possibly this will be his greatest sporting achievement ever, and it's certainly not a bad one. I hope he's a nice person -- most people are if you get to know them. Even people who have met John Howard or Paul Keating say they are pleasant to chat to. Hopefully most people are not shallow enough to love someone on the basis of one great sporting result, and hopefully people don't hate Lleyton Hewitt because he just lost a tennis match and is a bit curt with reporters who ask silly questions.

Poor attitude, loves himself, a personality I can not stand. The same or very similar to other useless ex Australian tennis players earning trucks of cash to be big time self serving wankers!

I don't hate Tomic and I hope one day he fulfills his enormous potential..

People don't like him because the world is full of followers and once someone doesn't like you, others will jump on board. As the article correctly states, he has done next to nothing wrong. Everyone expects and demands him to be a star because he was in the juniors. Sometimes that just doesn't happen on the senior circuit. There are very few young players in the top few. It's become an older players game as the younger players struggle go hold the level of fitness and performance required to compete all year round in the worlds toughest individual sport. People just need to have faith and be patient. I believe he'll fulfill his potential in time.

Bernard acts like a spoilt little brat a lot of the time, but I like to consider him a product of circumstance - a Gold Coast kid with an overbearing father/coach that is having difficulties dealing with the pressure of being expected to win. The boy has talent to burn and just needs to mature and focus, and im sure that if he can do that he has a number of grand slams in him. It would be a great shame if he were to become the next Jelena Dokic or disappear into obscurity.

Tomic the Tank Engine - 'Nuff said.