Bernard Tomic has been criticised over his use of the word "retard" during a Wimbledon press conference. Ciara Lawrence, who has a learning disability and is a campaigns support officer at Mencap, slammed the Australian's language. "It makes people with a learning disability seem not as people but as second-class citizens, and is no different to discriminating against someone who is gay or black." People clearly don't understand how upsetting and offensive this is to people with a learning disability like me. Learning disability charity Mencap has now called for the world No.19 to apologise.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 29, 2016 22:11 UTC