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 The controversial world number 25 was charged with trespassing and
resisting arrest earlier this week after security guards were called
to his room following multiple noise complaints.
The incident followed his expulsion from the Davis Cup team after
his public tirade against senior Tennis Australia (TA) officials at
Wimbledon.
Following the arrest, Davis Cup captain Wally Masur said he would
reach out to the troubled 22-year-old, while TA high performance
chief Pat Rafter told local media he hoped the player would return
to the national fold.
Tomic apologized on American television for the "disturbance" he had
caused, but told Australia's Channel Nine he had no plans to make
peace with his country's tennis administration.
"Things aren't good," he told the broadcaster in a video posted on
its news website (ninenews.com.au) on Saturday.
"It's tough, they have some things they did.
"It's no good. I don't think I'll be talking to them anytime soon."
Tomic has previously been dumped from the Davis Cup team for
attitude problems and criticized by former players and pundits for
"tanking", or giving up, during matches.
His father and some-time coach John has also generated negative
headlines and was banned from tour events for a year after being
convicted by a Spanish court for assaulting his son's former
practice partner.
Bernard Tomic made his Wimbledon outburst after Rafter said he would
cut off development funding for the player's younger sister Sara due
to her father's uncooperative attitude.
Sara Tomic plays mostly on the second-tier ITF circuit.
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An already frosty relations plumbed a new low this week when TA sent
out a media release that said Bernard Tomic was playing a "Hall of
Shame" tournament against another local player, rather than the Hall
of Fame championships in Newport.
TA hastily apologized for what it said was a "clerical error", but
the Tomics threatened to sue the governing body.
At Wimbledon, Bernard Tomic described 42-year-old Rafter as a "mask"
and a TA stooge but told Channel Nine he was not feuding with the
amiable two-time grand slam champion, who remains highly respected
in Australia and often held up as a paragon of sportsmanship.
"I don't have anything to say to him, he's a nice guy," Tomic said.
"Everyone thinks we're in a fight but we're not, we're good.
"I'm in a fight with Tennis Australia."
(Reporting by Ian Ransom, editing by Amlan Chakraborty)
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