Bernard Tomic launches astonishing broadside at Lleyton Hewitt

Australian tennis star Bernard Tomic slammed Australian Davis Cup Team Captain Lleyton Hewitt after his Australian Open first round exit. Tomic, 26, lost to 2018 Australian Open runner-up Cilic 6-2 6-4 7-6 (4) on Monday at Melbourne Park.

The 26-year-old made a Davis Cup debut in 2010 but hasnt played in the competition since 2016. No one likes him any more, world No 88 Tomic said of Hewitt, per the AAP. We have a lot of issues that not a lot of players are happy about.

We all know who those players are. Myself, (Thanasi) Kokkinakis, (Nick) Kyrgios. In a recent tweet, Kyrgios said that Hewitt had abandoned him and Kokkinakis. However, the 23-year-old deleted the tweet and said it was a joke.

Kokkinakis, who beat Ruger Federer at the Miami Masters last year, had to play the Australian Open qualifying after he surprisingly didnt receive a main draw wildcard by Tennis Australia. He (Hewitt) used to hate Tennis Australia, its weird.

Now he loves them. Whats happened here?, Tomic said. I guess hes using them for other things and resources and for his pay cheque. All these guys that got wildcards are under a system …

Polmans, Bolty, Jordan Thompson. Theyre all under his Lleytons wing under the management company. Its all conflict of interest. And then hes in Davis Cup and hes doing the wrong thing and everyones leaving.

I played Davis Cup for 10 years. I think I played at the youngest age of Australian history when I was 15. Lleytons legacy and his tennis speaks for itself. Hes an unbelievable champion. But what hes doing now is wrong.

I hope he gets moved and we can go back to having a good captain. Australia is set to take on Bosnia and Herzegovina in Adelaide in Februarys Davis Cup qualifying round. Meanwhile, former world No.

17 Tomic hopes to continue his rise at the beginning of this year and soon re-enter the top-50. The Australian won the Chengdu Open title and returned to the top-100 at the end of 2018 to finish the season on a positive way.

Its important the next four or five months to get back in the top 50, 40, 30. So thats going to be my goal, Tomic claimed. I dont want to play too much because there are better things to do than play tennis but well see.

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