​Aug 5, 2019; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Bernard Tomic from Australia hits a shot against Roberto Bautista Agut from Spain (not pictured) during the Rogers Cup tennis tournament at Stade IGA. Mandatory Credit: Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY Sports | Source: Lastwordonsports.com – Steen KirbyIt’s not yet a full resurgence, but 33-year-old Bernard Tomic is back into the main draw of an ATP Masters 1000 tournament for the first time in seven years. After a pair of wins in Shanghai over Terence Atmane and Timofey Skatov, Tomic takes on Matteo Arnaldi in first round action, Taylor Fritz would await in the second round.Bernard Tomic’s Journey from Prodigy to Crash Out..and Back?Bernard Tomic was one of the most recognized tennis prodigies that the sport has produced. The young Australian surged into the Wimbledon quarterfinals at age 18, after being junior Australian Open champion at just 15. With a knack for playing tricky shots on fast surfaces, a player with a ‘whippy’ junkballer’s game of disguise, moonballs, and flat forehands. A player who at times looked far too relaxed even as he was hitting winners and beating some very good players.Tomic notched a win over Novak Djokovic at the Hopman Cup in his youth era, and won four ATP titles, peaking at #17 in 2016. He even made the quarterfinals in Shanghai.Tomic was a great player, though never elite, and then there was the lack of effort. Bernard Tomic made tanking into an Olympic sport, if he didn’t want to be there on court that day, or didn’t believe he could win, he played like he was running up a tab by the hour. At the 2012 US Open he lost the third set to Andy Roddick in 21 minutes. In 2016 in Madrid he made no effort to return Fabio Fognini’s serve, holding his racquet backwards and told a reporter“would you care if you were 23 and worth over 10 million?”In 2017 at prestigious Wimbledon, where he had showcased his talent? A first round defeat where he said he was“bored”on court against Mischa Zverev. Two years later he would repeat the feat, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round of Wimbledon once more.Then there was most infamous of the list, 2014 Miami, on a side court at a Masters 1000, playing veteran Finnish player Jarkko Nieminen, a known grinder who let grit make up for what talent couldn’t, Tomic lost the first round match in 28 minutes, the shortest in history, then blamed ATP Masters being mandatory for ranked players for his poor performance.Tomic’s tanking was complicated by his struggles with fitness and health, and those weren’t entirely self inflicted, he needed a double hip surgery and never had the foot speed or movement of the ATP’s best. Still he managed 9 career wins against top 10 opponents, and could make matches interesting when he was engaged.Read More: Adolfo Daniel Vallejo Flew Alone to Florida at 12. Now He Carries Paraguayan Tennis WorldwideSeven Years in the WildernessOnce his body lost a step, the lack of mental fitness took its