Bernard Tomic and Novak Djokovic do not have much in common except that Bernard’s parents are both from the Balcans. During a recent episode of the Functional Tennis Podcast, the Australian player revealed that he wants to become more dedicated to tennis and he has already changed something in his life to achieve that.
Being Vegan
Bernard has always been considered a big talent, but his erratic behavior dented his career. At 29 years of age, Tomic revealed that he wants to bounce back. He also has changed his diet inspired by Novak Djokovic to become vegan.
“Yes, like you know, I wasn’t very professional with the outside stuff I was doing, with the eating, with the training obviously.
“You know I changed to Vegan two and a half, three years ago and I love it, it’s an amazing feeling. A lot of successful people are vegan. I got inspired actually by Novak, so it was something I tried and it worked for me. I don’t think I’ll ever go back to eating anything else so I’m a proud vegan.”
Ranked no.260, Bernard will not access the Australian Open main draw unless he receives a wildcard. That has still to be established.
Djokovic not happy to be labeled vegan
Even if Bernard Tommy said that he became vegan because he was inspired by Novak Djokovic, the Serbian champion has always maintained that he does not like to be labeled vegan.
Novak once said:
“I don’t like the labels, to be honest. I do eat plant-based, for quite a few years already. But because of the misinterpretations of labels and misuse of labels, I just don’t like that kind of name
. I do eat plant-based. I think that’s one of the reasons why I recover well. I don’t have allergies that I used to have anymore.”
Bernard Tomic in 2021
Ranked no.260, the Australian played his last match on the 19th of September when he had to retire when playing against world no.112 Maxime Cressy in the qualifications and the scoreline was 6-3 2-1 .
At the moment, during this season Bernard achieved a compiled 9-12 match record.
Novak Djokovic in 2021
Now ranked no.1, the Serbian played his last match on the 3rd of December when he overcame world no.30 Marin Cilic 6-4 6-2 in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).
This season Novak has managed to achieve an overall 55-7 match record. Djokovic has won 5 titles in 2021 at the Australian Open, in Belgrade, at the French Open, in Wimbledon and in Paris. The Serbian got to the final in Rome and at the U.S. Open.
Bernard Tomic and Novak Djokovic squared off 6 times. Their actual head to head record is 6-0 for Djokovic. The last time they played, Novak Djokovic won 7-6(2) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Miami (Miami Open) in March 2019.
Bernard Tomic and Novak Djokovic |
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