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Too hard on Tomic?

Richard Hinds: Bernard Tomic needs to harden up after Australian Open exit




Clearly Tomic has lost the benefit of the doubt. So much so that, after scans on his sore groin, he was hauled before the media on Wednesday to explain that - honestly! - he really was hurt. For everyone else a press release is sufficient. Tomic now expects the Spanish Inquisition.
''Had the scans in the morning that confirmed that, obviously, I was right (to withdraw),'' said Tomic, before a tournament medical officer jumped in to confirm the diagnosis of a small adductor longus tear.

''Had he played on, it could have been a three to four month injury,'' said Dr Martin Clark in a voice so grave you were unsure if Tomic would need a few days off or to be humanely destroyed. ''The scan is entirely consistent with his symptoms yesterday and completely vindicate him coming off.''