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Tomic, "Going Home To Count My Millions"
#ed_op#h1 class="story-headline gel-trafalgar-bold "#ed_cl#Australian Open: Bernard Tomic going home to 'count my millions’ after qualifying defeat#ed_op#/h1#ed_cl#The Australian lost 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 to Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the final round of qualifying in Melbourne.#ed_op#p#ed_cl#It will be the first time since 2008 that 25-year-old Tomic has not featured in the main draw, with Tennis Australia having chosen not to offer the world number 142 a wildcard.#ed_op#/p#ed_cl##ed_op#p#ed_cl#"I just count money, that's all I do," he told Channel 7.#ed_op#/p#ed_cl##ed_op#p#ed_cl#"You go do what I did. You go make 13-14 million. Good luck guys. Bye bye."#ed_op#/p#ed_cl#The remark echoed his reaction to criticism for a lack of commitment in Madrid last year, when he said: "Would you care if you were 23 and worth over $10m?"#ed_op#p#ed_cl#A two-time junior Grand Slam champion, Tomic became #ed_op#br#ed_cl#Australian number one and reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals as an 18-year-old qualifier in 2011.#ed_op#/p#ed_cl##ed_op#p#ed_cl#He reached the third round at last year's Australian Open, but will fall further down the next set of #ed_op#br#ed_cl#rankings after this qualifying failure.#ed_op#/p#ed_cl##ed_op#p#ed_cl#Local media have reported he is considering taking part in the Australian version of television #ed_op#br#ed_cl#show I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.#ed_op#/p#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/42680163 Last edited by Grossefavourite on Jan Sun 14, 2018 5:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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