I will not raise my children like my father.
The 29-year-old athlete showed that the authoritarian behavior of her father John is not able to reveal her true potential on the field.
Bernard Tomic lived his life in fear of his father.
"I'm still scared," Tomic says, agreeing to talk about demons.
A 29-year-old man is trying to atone for the mistakes of his past, having recently left without a father, in an attempt to "retire without guilt"."
That endeavor began earlier this week with a scandalous start to the Australian Open qualifying tournament but turned out to be true after the Herald and age confirmed he was fighting.
Sitting at nine's Melbourne headquarters last week, Tomic did not want to delve deeply into his relationship with his father John.
Defending my father.
Even now Tomic continues to defend his father, struggling to separate feelings, hiding his resentment towards him.
The mercy of my father.
"My father did a lot for me," Tomic told The Sydney Morning Herald and edge newspapers.
"He threw me balls, rackets. I mean, this guy is just crazy. But he made me who I am today. This discipline was 100 percent."
Close people will tell you to understand that you need to understand his upbringing.
As his father's controlling influence, he declined to comment on the story when contacted, turning his son's natural talent into some of the most exciting teen tennis players.
The stress of having to match the hype and high ambitions of his father (which is why he took his son out of school at the age of 13 to spend up to 10 hours a day on the field) led Tomic's career to collapse under pressure. This was complicated by a series of bad decisions Tomic made along the way.
"If John wasn't willing to let us bend that kind of power, or Bernard was willing to unravel, there was nothing we could do," former Tennis Australia president Steve Healey told The Sydney Morning Herald and the age.
My father's impression.
"Bernard's father had the impression that he was not ready to take control of his career.
But John controls the money. John said: "Give us a check and we'll take care of the rest. But there are certain conditions to support our position."
"He did not agree to meet them. He didn't let me go. John has no emotional control over anything.
It was just an arrogant existence. John does not run out of the way. It's a huge waste of talent."
At the age of 14, Tomic signed the most lucrative contract with Nike for all athletes of his time. "Younger than Michael Jordan," he says.
At the age of 16, he became the youngest man at the Australian Open.
In 1986, he became the youngest player since Boris Becker, reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, in 2011, at the age of 18, he fought Novak Djokovic.
Father's wish.
At such a young age, such feats fuel his father's desire to raise his son.
"As a player, my expectations of me have always been high," Tomic said. "To become 1, to win 10-20 Grand Slam... I was under great pressure from my parents.
"It's not easy. People do not see it as constant pressure, pressure. I played tennis from time to time.
"I did not like the work 100 percent. But I won everything, and with victory comes a lot of good feelings and emotions, as in childhood. And it grew for me."
Tomek-Tank Engine.
The more he gave his father, the more Tomek dissolved. He admits that he threw a match to send a message, as he did his best to cope with life on the road and the expectations of others.
The fight against Andy Roddick on the Central Court in prime time at the 2012 US Open is still preserved in the memory of the poet Rafter.
"I said to my father: it was a shame.
"I said, I'm sorry, if you lose or lose, please show me what you will try. Don't waste your free time, don't waste everyone's time and money every time you don't try."
"I do not rule it out. I would risk my reputation because of his behavior. He was a difficult child. That's why my consciousness will always be real smooth.
"That's why I was the wrong person to do it. I would like to tell people about their purity. I was very strict and understood the subtleties of communicating with people and their problems. I'm not a sensitive person, that's not what I like. I didn't want to be like that, but I call things the way I see them.”
