Austrlian tennis player fined at Wimbledon for not trying

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Australian tennis star Bernard Tomic was fined in the amount of his entire match fee of $56,600  for lack of effort after losing at Wimbledon in the quickest men’s match in 15 years. Marco Werman speaks with a tennis commentator about the phenomenon of the players who don’t try and why.

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