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Tomic the Tank Engine at it again?

Aussie tennis star Bernard Tomic fuels concerns about his tendency to give up during high level matches, by showing little effort to return serve at the Fr

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Australian tennis star Bernard Tomic has again raised eyebrows for appearing to give up during a match, this time against Borna Coric in round two of the French Open.

In a moment reminiscent of his opening round match at the Madrid Open earlier this month - when the 23-year-old held his racquet backwards on match point against Italian Fabio Fognini - Tomic appeared to make no attempt to return serve against the 19-year-old Croatian.

As the teenager served, Tomic stood behind the baseline without his racquet lifted and the ball sailed past him for the second ace in a row.

Tomic was down 0-40 with games on serve in the third game of the third set.

Tomic then called for his trainers complaining of dizziness.

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He lost the match 3-6 6-2 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (8-6).


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