Why Bernard Tomic wasn’t granted Australian Open wildcard

Australian Open boss Craig Tiley has explained why Bernard Tomic wasn’t granted a wildcard to play in his home grand slam this year.

With a world ranking of 462, Tomic left his fate in the hands of Tennis Australia and wildcards are often reserved for youngsters climbing their way up the ladder.

Tomic is 30 but wildcards are also handed out to veterans as a reward for past deeds.

“It’s our performance team that look at the decision of wildcards,” Tiley told reporters.

“What it goes into is the player coming in, or the strength of their play, how they’ve been playing, what events they’ve been playing, how much they’ve been playing. Are they the younger part of our future generation, the younger players?

“There’s many factors that go into it and it’s not a quick decision they go through. One thing that’s great, we’ve got a new problem, and we’ve got a lot more Australian players than we’ve had before to choose from, and that’s a great, great problem to have.”