{"id":19646,"date":"2016-01-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/australia-s-embarrassing-tennis-stars-need-to-lift-their-game\/"},"modified":"2016-01-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T00:00:00","slug":"australia-s-embarrassing-tennis-stars-need-to-lift-their-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/australia-s-embarrassing-tennis-stars-need-to-lift-their-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s \u201cembarrassing\u201d tennis stars need to lift their game"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>An Australian tennis commentator has taken giant swings at Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic, saying behind the scenes the outspoken pair are \u201cgiving everyone the absolute sh*ts.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking on SEN in Melbourne, commentator Brett Phillips called Kyrgios a \u201cflog\u201d and said his behaviour was inexcusable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are global sporting stars who play in a great game, but there\u2019s no denying no-one at all can go into bat for Nick Kyrgios,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s an attention seeking flog who needs to pull his head in very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/kyrgios2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Kyrgios in a disoute with an umpire at the 2016 Australian Open<\/h6>\n<h3>Phillips also took aim at Tomic, saying the young Aussie needed to \u201cstop making a fool of himself.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cEveryone in tennis knows Bernard Tomic isn\u2019t the sharpest tool in the shed and Bernard, if you\u2019re going to open your mouth in the future, please make it worth listening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Bernard opens his mouth it\u2019s just cringeworthy to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phillips said that the pair\u2019s antics had been a headache for Australian Open officials.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"619\" width=\"945\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-01-27_at_9.31.48_am.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Tomic in action at the 2016 Australian Open<\/h6>\n<h3>\u201cI can tell you behind the scenes these two are giving everyone the absolute shits.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThese two could be anything and that\u2019s the disappointing part about this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese two at the moment are embarrassing and I\u2019m sick of talking about it,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN to Brett Phillips here:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/boos\/4101512-brett-phillips-has-had-enough-of-the-behavior-of-generation-next\/embed\/v4?eid=AQAAAMv8p1aIlT4A\" style=\"background-color:transparent; display:block; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"audioBoom player\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/stan-grant-wins-praise-for-uncompromising-speech-against-racism\">ANTI-RACISM SPEECH STUNS AUDIENCE AND GOES VIRAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/video-shows-moment-frozen-fish-comes-back-to-life\">VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT A FISH COMES BACK TO LIFE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian tennis commentator has taken giant swings at Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic, saying behind the scenes the outspoken pair are \u201cgiving everyone the absolute sh*ts.\u201d Speaking on SEN in Melbourne, commentator Brett Phillips called Kyrgios a \u201cflog\u201d and said his behaviour was inexcusable. \u201cThese are global sporting stars who play in a great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":19649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-19646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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