Roger Rasheed backs Lleyton Hewitt in turmoils unleashed by Bernard Tomic
. Bernard doesnt understand while Lleyton is still active in doubles, often in the Davis Cup rubbers as well, and he has questioned some of the calls the captain has made in the recent years.
In Tomics words, that was especially evident in Hewitts behavior towards Thanasi Kokkinakis who had been sidelined from the team in 2017 and failed to receive a wild card at this years Australian Open, having to qualify to reach the main draw.
The third Aussie player who is not on the same side as Hewitt is Nick Kyrgios and it should be interesting to see who will represent the country against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Adelaide in February. .
Also, Rasheed urged Tomic to focus on his game and work on a regular basis to improve his ranking and get back where he was before. Lleyton is the Australian Davis Cup captain, .
When youre the captain, you can decide to steer that how you wish and Lleyton has done that and hes done it the way he wanted to take hold and deliver his leadership. Its like a coach of a football team.
There are always going to be players that love the coach. There is going to be a few players if theyre not getting a game and they think they should be getting a game, theyll have different feelings for the coach.
I think its just one of those natural play outs as far as teams and coaches go. We can see the admiration that someone like Alex de Minaur has for Lleyton. There is Jordan Thompson.. there are guys out there that are showing how important it is for Lleyton to be in there.
I think youve got to be true to yourself out there on the tennis court. I think those comments are not warranted comments. Hewitt gave everything to the sport and youve got someone having pot shots. Regardless of what the situation is I dont think its the right thing to do.
For Bernie, Id love him just to put his head down, get himself in the condition that he needs to be to play tennis at a professional level, day in day out, week in week out and offer himself to the challenge. But at the moment we dont see that product.
To then be making the comments that he made, I think youve got to be looking after your backyard.
