Lleyton Hewitt responds to Bernard Tomic’s claims

Following his exit in the Opening Round of the Australian Open, Bernard Tomic was all over Lleyton Hewitt, verbally attacking the former World No.1.

He claimed that the players dislike him and he should be replaced as captain. "It's all Lleyton. I'm going to say it honestly, no-one likes him anymore," Tomic said.

Hewitt responded by saying that he does not take Tomic’s comments seriously. “I had a bit of a laugh actually," Hewitt told Channel Nine. "So, for me, I kind of just laugh it off and move forward."

He further said that he felt a solid relationship with the Davis Cup players. “I don't think that there is a rift," he said. "There is always communication going on between the captain, coaches and players, and leading into the next [Davis Cup] tie that will all happen.”

"Those boys [Kyrgios and Kokkinakis] are going on for big matches today … we've spoken before the Australian Open and we will continue to speak after the Australian Open leading into the Davis Cup tie.”

"For me, I love being a part and helping the Australian players as much as possible."

Hewitt then took a dig at Tomic, saying that his comments were untimely and took away the impressive results Australians had in the Opening Round.

"I guess the disappointing thing [was] that the Aussies had such a great day yesterday, on both the men's and women's side," he said. "It probably got overshadowed by Bernie's comments."

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