Bernard Tomic has said he hopes to mend fences with Tennis Australia (TA) and return to playing for his country, insisting the Australian team need him to win the Davis Cup.
Controversial star Tomic ensured headlines for his reality TV debut on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me out of Here by giving the national tennis body a wild verbal lashing.
Speaking in South Africa, he claimed in a News Corp interview there were many unspecified things which he considered corrupt inside TA, which he may speak about in future.
Having done so, Tomic expressed a desire to return to representing Australia in Davis Cup - where he has an outstanding 17-4 win-loss record - after sorting out his differences with TA.
"Obviously I have had a few problems with the federation, so it is obviously going to take some time to change and I hope we can change in the next year or so," Tomic said.
Ranked a lowly 143rd in the world after a troubled year in which he missed Davis Cup while struggling with motivation and form, Tomic insisted he had a future in the Australian team and that he could have made the difference in last year's semi-final loss to Belgium.
"The Davis Cup is huge for me," Tomic said.
"Everyone knows down there that they are going to need me to win Davis Cup."
Tomic's immediate tournament schedule is unclear, having headed to the jungle for filming of the Ten Network show after failing to qualify for the Australian Open.
But he was adamant his playing career future remained bright.
"It is not a big problem for me, I have got to just stay healthy and play a lot of matches the next six to 12 months and get my ranking back to where I should be," he said.
"Maybe top five in the world is my goal.
"Being No.1 and winning 15 grand slams is a bit not realistic right now, and becoming Roger Federer.
"I feel that if I do the right things over the next five or 10 years I could probably win some majors and that is something I am going to push forward to."
Share
