It’s been a regular thing for quite a while,” he said.Pickering hopes publicity about his drug-related charges doesn’t prevent him being allowed to cheer from Tomic’s box this year.“They might not let me … maybe Tennis Australia might have something to say. It was purely we wouldn’t have even thought about it, wouldn’t have thought it would be a problem.“It’s in the back of my mind, I don’t look at it as a big deal. He said ‘I promise I’m not going to drink the whole year’. Australian Open 2008 Boy's champion, Queensland 'Junior Player of the year', Member of Tennis Australia TAP Programme, Junior Davis Cup Team Member, Member of Queensland Academy of Sport, Nominee of the Young Achiever Award Love him or hate him, you could never accuse Bernard Tomic of not speaking his mind.

We just met up from then, had a few drinks together, that’s all,” Pickering said.“He’s a very likable bloke and he’s the sort of bloke — even though he’s got a bad rap — he gives everyone time. Who knows.”Pickering faces two charges of supplying dangerous drugs, two charges of aggravated supply of dangerous drugs to a minor aged over 16 and one charge of permitting use of a place, namely his Surfers Paradise penthouse.The Bulletin asked ATP media officials to ask Tomic about his booze-free pledge but after his enthralling 6-7 6-7 loss to Gilles Muller in Sydney’s quarter-finals on Wednesday night, they said he “didn’t want to hang around”. Tomic claimed there was a "conflict of interests" in Hewitt's Davis Cup team selections and demanded he was removed from the role. He has to do that hard work.“He’s got the talent no question — he’s just got to get his head right and work out how important the tennis is.”Pickering said their friendship began three or four years ago when Tomic — now 22 — was legally old enough to starting frequenting his Surfers Paradise nightclubs.A shirtless Tomic was famously photographed getting a lap-dance in SinCity late in 2013.“He came to the club a few times. I had a couple of lucky hits and got him.”Pickering said he beat him again about two months ago when Tomic played left-handed: “I won the first set, he won the next and then we played a super tiebreaker. "I said to Todd (Woodbridge) and to (TA boss) Craig Tiley, if Australian tennis wants Bernard from 20 to 27 to make 10 to 15 grand slams, like Federer, we have to now concentrate on Bernard," Tomic Snr told AAP at the 2009 US Open in New York. Sorry we couldn't find a match for that, please try again A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. Now’s his time to make something of himself and he just can’t let it slide any longer. The average audience across day and night sessions for the 7TWO telecast of the tournaments has been 222,000 viewers in the combined market, with 140,000 viewers in metro areas. You can find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out During Bernard Tomic's quarter final against Gilles Muller on Thursday night, the audience peaked at 437,000 and averaged 226,000 in metro areas, with a combined average audience of 344,000.It's been six years since the last all-Czech final in the WTA tour, but Petra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova broke that drought when they went head to head in the final of the Sydney International on Friday night. A Gold Coast nightclub kingpin facing drug-related charges has opened up on his tight friendship with Bernard Tomic, revealing the tennis star has pledged “no drinking” until he wins a Grand Slam.Jamie Pickering, owner of popular Surfers Paradise nightspots SinCity and Vanity, was a regular in Tomic’s player box — reserved for family and friends — during matches in Brisbane this month.Despite facing charges of allegedly supplying cocaine to girls as young as 16, Pickering watched from the box as Tomic beat world number 35 Sam Querrey and young Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in Brisbane.Pickering also hopes to be courtside for Tomic’s coming Australian Open campaign.Due to appear in court in early March, the nightclub baron this week revealed just how close he is with the star, saying they play tennis together and have bet thousands on their matches.They also made a pact last year requiring Pickering to quit smoking and Tomic not to touch alcohol.Known for a party boy reputation and previously criticised for a poor attitude towards training, Tomic has spoken this year about a new maturity and feeling fitter than ever.Pickering, 50, said Tomic’s attitude this season was the best he’d seen: “He wants it more and he’s training hard.”Despite cancelling their 2014 bet, Pickering revealed Tomic had made a new pledge: “He’s promised not to have a drink until he wins a major — so that could be a while.“It’s not a bet, he’s just promised.

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