Sam Groth: 'We have so much more to talk about than Bernard Tomic'
Sam Groth didn't like Bernard Tomic's quotes on Lleyton Hewitt. In an interview, the former world No. 52 singles player, who retired from tennis 12 months ago at the Australian Open, admitted Tomic should have avoided making such controversial quotes. "I'm not sure he's going to hold a lot back, to be honest", said Groth. "I think he's bitten his tongue for a long time on this stuff and I think it's time to address it and put it to bed. In a time where we should be celebrating Australian tennis in the country, we're talking about a guy who has bowed out in straight sets in the first round and we haven't really spoken about because this time last year he was off doing reality TV. All of a sudden we're talking about him again when we have so much more to talk about."
The wheelchair player Dylan Alcott, speaking to Macquarie Sports Radio, said: "It's an interesting one, there's been some angst there for a bit but I can't comment on it. We want all the best players playing for Australia in the Davis Cup. Hopefully, we can get everyone flying on the same page. For sure, [Kyrgios and Kokkinakis] do speak for themselves, I'm not 100 per cent on what is going down, but from Kokkinakis' point of view he qualified very well and hopefully, this doesn't derail him on the course. I hope they sort it out, when everyone is playing well we want to talk tennis, not this. It will be interesting to see the response of Lleyton, he will be asked about it as well and he will want to focus on the prep of the players."
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