He can feel controversy swirling all about him but Bernard Tomic has vowed to block out the off-court distractions and emerge a Wimbledon dark horse.
John Tomic’s feud with Tennis Australia, which has led to his son being unavailable for next month’s Davis Cup quarter-final against Kazakhstan, has dominated the 22-year-old’s lead-up.
But displaying the maturity that former Cup captain and now TA’s head of player performance, Pat Rafter, had been hoping for, Tomic promised to overcome the off-court dramas and live up to his newfound seeding status at the All England Club.