Eight-month sentence but no jail for Tomic

MADRID (Reuters) - John Tomic, father and coach of Australian tennis world number 52 Bernard Tomic, has been sentenced to eight months in prison after he assaulted his son's practice partner in a Madrid street in May, a Spanish court said on Friday.

The 49-year-old, who said he acted in self-defence when he head-butted Thomas Drouet in the face and broke his nose, would not have to serve jail time, however, as his sentence was less than two years, a court official said.