"Nothing. No phone calls were there. You know,I was on my own and felt really bad to such a high level as Tennis Australia,who supported me along the way very good. You know,don't get me wrong. From what Pat said,a lot of money was invested in me,for sure. But whatever they invested in me,they got in return 10,20 times more. That's 100 per cent certain. Now all of a sudden,they are neglecting me,for some reason."
Tomic's frustrations with the lack of support and respect from Tennis Australia came to a head when they forced him to pay for balls and court hire at Royal Pines and Pat Rafter Arena when he was trying to find an undercover court to practice leading into this year's Brisbane International.
"Got a call from Tennis Australia,'You have to pay for your own courts'. Now,I thought it was funny. You know,okay,okay,I paid the court,no problem.
"So rains started again. Maybe I go up to Pat Rafter Arena and practice there. Went up there,organised. Ten days before,nine days before. Practice and stuff. Guy coming to me,you have to pay the court and balls. Do you think that's fair? Honestly ... certainly not. That's where things started changing. I couldn't believe it. I took the receipt. Whose information was it through Tennis Australia? Pat and Craig. What's going on? Where is the support? How can you do this? It's not about the money. It's about the respect."
Despite the war with Tennis Australia,Tomic has vowed to play Davis Cup later this month out of respect for Lleyton Hewitt and the Australian public.
Now all of a sudden,they are neglecting me,for some reason.
Bernard Tomic
He also revealed Australia's No.1 men's player Nick Kyrgios had volunteered to sit out the Davis Cup quarter-final against Kazakhstan if Tomic wasn't going to play.
"I always wanted to play Davis Cup. I'm going to,"Tomic said."I'm going to go down there and play for the respect of Davis Cup,for the respect of the Australian public,for myself,and mainly for the respect of,you know,Lleyton and the team. You know,it's interesting what's happened the last week that Nick wasn't going to play,as well. You know,I was not going to play.
"He said,'If you don't play,I don't play.'It was interesting now looking at this,we are in the quarter-finals of a stage,and,you know,we are sort of about to pull the pin ..."
"I will play,I will play. I will go down. I have the respect for Lleyton. The respect for the legends,Tony Roche,Laver. Not for Tiley,not for these guys. I don't think what they are doing ... it's not good at all."
Tomic's rant comes after his father John criticised Tennis Australia for a lack of financial support to his daughter,Sara. But the 22-year-old Tomic was highly critical of Rafter's performance for Tennis Australia.
"They are holding so much money down there,and doing what they want,increasing their salary,this,that,giving Pat a salary,it's like saying,'here,Pat,here's a salary',"Tomic said.
"He doesn't know what he's doing. They are giving him a budget. He doesn't know what he's doing. What's his job? Deal with it,Pat. You're the mask. He's a mask for these guys,Craig and Steve. They don't want to deal with this. They give it to Pat,'you do the work'. You take care of this and that. He doesn't know what he's doing. It's crazy. Meanwhile,he's charging me for balls. Charging me for balls and court at his own arena nine days before[a competition]. What's he doing?
"I don't understand. Where is the support? Where is the respect,you know? Why I have to play for them,for these guys,these sort of people? I don't understand. Like why now has it changed? It's really these guys in Tennis Australia,someone needs to go investigate them,what they are doing and where that money is going. It's horrible.""
Tomic's comments are unlikely to help Australia's Davis Cup team as they prepare to take onKazakhstan in the quarter-finals at Darwin's Marrara Sporting Complex on July 17-19.