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Australian Tennis Star Sees Father Banned from French Open

Australian tennis star, Bernard Tomic, will be forced to play without his dad watching him from the sidelines when he hits the courts of the French Open later this month.  Organizers of the tennis tournament confirmed that John Tomic will not be allowed to enter the courts after he was accused of head-butting his son’s hitting partner, Thomas Drouet so hard that he broke vertebrae in his neck.  Tomic Snr will appear in court in Madrid, and his lawyer has already said that he will be claiming that he hit back in self defense.

Organizers of the French Open made the decision following an announcement by the Association of Tennis Professionals to suspend Tomic’s father indefinitely, following allegations made by Drouet that he bullied his son during training sessions.

“Following last week’s incident in Madrid concerning John Tomic, and the ensuing investigation, Mr Tomic’s credential privileges have been suspended at all ATP tournaments until further notice,” said the ATP in a statement. “The ATP’s investigation into this incident remains ongoing.”

According to Drouet, Tomic snr punched his son in the mouth during a recent practice session in Monte Carlo until he was bleeding from the mouth.  “All that because Bernard had told him that he had had enough of hearing his criticisms,” recalled Drouet. “I didn’t intervene as I have read I did other places. Afterward, John took Bernard’s three racquets and destroyed them. Bam. Bam. Bam. A half-hour later, he was joking with Bernard.”

The Director of the Grand Slam Committee, Bill Babcock left it up to the organizers of each tournament to decide whether or not to allow Tomic snr to attend the tournaments, and last night the French Open team made its decision.  It is expected that he will not be allowed to attend Wimbledon either, although it is believed that by the time the US Open comes around in August, a ruling by the ATP will already have been made.

The French Open opens at Roland Garros, Paris on May 26th.