Tomic's father guilty of assault

Thomas Drouet with his bandaged nose from an altercation with Bernard Tomic's dad. Source: AFP

THE father of tennis ace Bernard Tomic has been found guilty of an assault on another player and handed a suspended eight months sentence.

A court in Madrid today ruled Ivana John Tomic did headbutt Bernard Tomic's French tennis practice partner Thomas Drouet in May this year outside a hotel in the Spanish capital.

While he was sentenced to eight months jail, the sentence was suspended for him to be of good behaviour for a set period of time.

But the sentence is likely to see Tomic Snr, who is still listed as his son's coach, banned from all ATP tournaments. The ATP had banned him pending the outcome of the court case.

"This is good news," Drouet, 30, said today of the sentence.

"He should never be allowed to attend matches again."

The sentence will come as a crushing blow to world No.41 Bernard Tomic who recently bemoaned the fact his father was being treated unfairly for being banned.

Last month a court in Madrid heard how Drouet, who had been a member of Team Tomic for seven months, had been complaining about how Tomic Snr had been treating him.

The dispute began in Nice in southern France and continued all the way to the check-in desk of a hotel in Madrid. Tomic Snr then asked Drouet to step aside for a quiet word, Drouet followed expecting to receive an apology but instead was spat in the face by Tomic and then headbutted unconscious to the ground.

He suffered a broken nose and a bruised vertebrae and has had to have corrective surgery. The assault saw him unable to work for a number of weeks; he also worked as a part-time model but has been told his crooked nose may now end that career.

Drouet will be seeking damages in the civil court.

During the hearing Tomic Snr burst into tears as he denied the allegations and said it was Tomic who appeared to want to assault him. But he could not explain how the French man ended up on the ground.

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