Tomic takes Rasheed to task over comments

6:18 PM ET

Bernard Tomic says he wants “more than anything to win” and believes Roger Rasheed’s scathing comments about his round-one French Open victory showed “how much education he has”.

Rasheed urged Tomic to show more passion or quit the sport, saying the 23-year-old’s languid style bored him and that he hadn’t been impressed by the straight-sets win over American veteran Brian Baker.

“To be honest, I would beat Brian Baker. He has had that many injuries, he’s ranked 600-and-something in the world,” Rasheed said.

“He couldn’t hit two balls on the court.”

The comments reignited a dispute between Rasheed and the Tomic family dating back to 2009, when Bernard’s father John said “Roger Rasheed is not a coach. He’s a fitness conditioner”.

“He took Lleyton Hewitt from No.2 in the world to No.60 and I think that Gael Monfils should be very careful because he could find himself struggling too pretty soon.”

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