Melbourne — Firebrand Bernard Tomic has launched an extraordinary attack on fellow Australian Lleyton Hewitt, saying “no one likes him any more”, while claiming that he has ruined the national tennis system. The 26-year-old unloaded on the Australian Davis Cup captain and two-time Grand Slam champion after being bundled out of Melbourne Park at the first hurdle late on Monday. He alleged there are deep divisions in the Australian men’s game. “It ’s all Lleyton. I’m going to say it honestly — no one likes him anymore,” said Tomic, who had a car crash in 2018 and faced a backlash after boasting that “I just count my millions”. “He ’s just doing the wrong thing. He’s playing Davis Cup — I thought he was retired. You know what I mean? “He used to hate Tennis Australia. It’s weird. And now he loves them. What’s happened here? But I guess he’s using them for other things and resources and … yep. And it’s for his pay cheque, yep.” Tomic, who has long had a fractious relationship with Hewit...
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