MELBOURNE Indians Yan Gomes Jersey , March 6 (Xinhua) -- Australian no. 1 tennis player Bernard Tomic has sensationally lashed out at ill teammate Nick Kyrgios, following the Australia's 3-1 loss to the USA in the their Davis Cup tie in Melbourne over the weekend.
Tomic, who lost his rubber to John Isner on Thursday, was overheard by television cameras during the match saying that Kyrgios' illness - which forced him to pull out of the tie - was "bulls***", but the world No. 20 didn't back down when questioned about the outburst after the match.
He said he would "lose a little respect" for his compatriot if Kyrgios is well enough to fly to California to compete at the Indian Wells tournament later this week.
"Now I'll be interested to see if he plays Indian Wells as well because a similar thing happened last year where (Kyrgios) didn't come to Czech Republic (for Davis Cup tennis), and somehow played Indian Wells and felt good Indians Tyler Naquin Jersey ," Tomic said on Sunday.
"Now it's going to be really funny, the next few days, to see if he plays or not - which I think he will. That's going to tell me a lot.
"I've spoken to him already. If plays Indian Wells, he's definitely lost a little of my respect."
When pushed about what Kyrgios specifically told him in their phone conversation following the match, Tomic said his teammate was indeed going to fly to California.
Tomic added that it wasn't good enough, and told the press he battled through his niggling wrist injury to "represent his country".
"I'll be honest with you now Indians Trevor Bauer Jersey , he told me he was going to be playing Indian Wells," Tomic said.
"Look, we all know I came here, I had problems with my wrist.