Tomic lost and attacked: "Bet I'm positive for Corona, no tests are being done here"

The Australian tennis player played a patient in the Australian qualifiers and hissed to the referee: "Bet with you that in the next few days I will be positive, there are no official PCR tests here, this is a joke".

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11/01/2022

Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 09:39 Updated: 09:51

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The Novak Djokovic affair continues to excite Australia, but now the championship organizers are also receiving criticism from home with a particularly bizarre incident that took place tonight in the game of Australian Bernard Tomic against the Russian Roman Spiolin.

Tomic, who lost 6-1 in the first set and was eliminated from the Australian Championship qualifiers with a loss in two sets, was documented coming up with harsh complaints to the organizers following their conduct around the Corona virus.

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He really does look sick .. (Photo: GettyImages, Graham Denholm)

With a 2-1 deficit in the second set, Tomic was documented exchanging things with the referee in front of the organizers and telling him: "I'm sure I'll find a positive for Corona in the next three days.

Tomic, who claimed he did not feel well even though he was found negative on a quick test, criticized: "I do not believe that tests are not done. Allowing players to come on the pitch with a quick test in the room, there is no official PCR test."

Tomic holds his throat (Photo: GettyImages, Graham Denholm)

And here in dialogue with the judge (Photo: GettyImages, Graham Denholm)

The Australian tennis player came up to play sick in this game, but came out negative on an antigen test and was therefore forced to get on the court.

He did not really give a fight to his Russian rival and his documented criticism will certainly not add quiet to the organizers, who are currently under great attack and harsh criticism following their conduct towards Novak Djokovic, the world ranked number one Serb who refuses to be vaccinated.

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