( CNN ) -- IMG , the behemoth sports management agency that represents three of tennis ' biggest stars in Maria Sharapova , Novak Djokovic and Li Na , is no longer working with controversial Australian Bernard Tomic . IMG said in a tweet Wednesday that it `` mutually ended '' its relationship with the 21-year-old , days after the Sports Business Journal reported the sides were going their separate ways before their contract expired . When asked for confirmation that the contract was cut short , IMG did n't immediately respond and an interview request made to the ATP early morning Bogota time for Tomic was n't immediately returned . Tomic is competing at a tournament in Bogota . CNN understands that the Tomic camp has approached his former agent , Lawrence Frankopan , who is now at StarWing Sports . StarWing Sports represents , among others , Chris Evert and 2014 Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka . Daniel Kaplan , a reporter with the SBJ , tweeted that IMG `` appears 2 have had enough '' with Tomic . Tomic had multiple hip surgery this year and his ranking has fallen almost 100 spots to 124th in two years but he -- and his father -- have repeatedly made headlines for their indiscretions . His father John was found guilty of assaulting Tomic 's former hitting partner and last year handed a suspended eight-month sentence . The player himself was on the wrong end of the quickest loss -- not including retirements -- in recorded ATP history when he was pummeled by Jarkko Nieminen in 28 minutes in Miami in March ; he has also been caught speeding more than once . He 's been accused of tanking ( or not trying in matches ) ; was pictured topless receiving a lapdance in November ; and booed when he retired against Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open in January . Police had to be called late in 2012 when Tomic and another man were fighting outdoors in an apartment complex . IMG and other agencies were attracted to Tomic while he was a junior , given his eye-catching results . And his stature grew when he in 2011 became the youngest man since Boris Becker 25 years earlier to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals . But Tomic is n't Australia 's top hope now , replaced by the man who beat Nadal at Wimbledon , 19-year-old Nick Kyrgios .
His team IMG and Bernard Tomic mutually end their partnership . IMG in a tweet wishes him ' great luck on and off the tennis court ' The Australian has struggled both on and off the court in the last week . This week he lost back - to - back matches for the first time since January .