Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic overlooked for prestigious tennis medal

Controversial duo Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic have been left off the list of six nominees for the Newcombe Medal, awarded to the “most outstanding elite tennis player and ambassador” in Australia.

On performance alone, reigning Newcombe medallist Kyrgios and Tomic would have been expected to vie for the award this year.

The world No30 became the first teenager since Roger Federer to reach two major quarter-finals, following his run to the last eight at the Australian Open, and also advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon.

Tomic was dumped from the Australian Davis Cup team for the quarter-final against Kazakhstan following a rant against senior TA officials including Pat Rafter and Craig Tiley at Wimbledon.