There’s no end in sight to Australian politicking. After former Australian Open CEO and current Tennis Australia presidential candidate Paul McNamee claimed to have helped smooth the rift between Lleyton Hewitt and Bernard Tomic, his former Davis Cup teammate and Davis Cup captain John Fitzgerald told The Melbourne Age that it never happened.
''He hasn't heard from Paul or anyone and I don't know whether there's any self-promotion around from any corners of the tennis community,'' Fitzgerald said. ''But all I know is that Paul hasn't had anything to do with this Davis Cup team, not for the last 10 years and not now. I want to make that very clear.''
McNamee responded to The Age by saying: ''I was there, so that's all I can say. If I'm there, I'm there. It's extraordinary.''