Five instances when racism marred the game of tennis
1) Kyrgios and Tomic
After Kyrgios “tanked” at Wimbledon and Tomic decided to speak up against Tennis Australia, Dawn Fraser decided that the both of them should be deported. Fraser lambasted Kyrgios and compatriot Bernard Tomic on Australian television for their “childish” behaviour. The former Olympic gold medallist did not stop here and went a step further by suggesting both players should “go back to where their parents came from” if they were going to maintain such an attitude.
Kyrgios was born in Canberra. His father Giorgios hails from Greece and Nill Kyrgios was born in Malaysia. Tomic is German-born, with a Croatian father and Bosnian mother. The family migrated to the Gold Coast when Tomic was three.
Fraser later said: “I want to unreservedly apologise for any comments that I made this morning which may have caused offence to my fellow Australians, including Nick and his family. The live-to-air clip was part of a larger un-broadcasted interview however this does not condone what was said.”
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