It seems Tennis Australia has finally run out of patience with Bernard Tomic.
Lleyton Hewitt says TA has "bent over backwards" for Tomic but can't do any more for the ex-prodigy until he decides to help himself in the wake of his latest controversy.
Hewitt doubts whether Tomic will play Davis Cup tennis for Australia again and was unsure whether the 25-year-old would continue with the sport after causing a stir on Network 10.
Tomic told the network Australia could not win the Davis Cup title without him and promised to expose corruption within Tennis Australia before joining Ten's reality TV show I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here.
He was the first contestant to quit the show, lasting three nights.
Asked about offering an olive branch to Tomic, Australian Davis Cup team captain Hewitt said: "We've made a lot of approaches as part of Tennis Australia - we can't do any more, believe me.
"The last two years has been a lot of hard work for a lot of people.
"We've bent over backwards to help Bernie in so many ways.
"At the end of the day you have to want to help yourself.
"We can only offer an olive branch but you have to be willing to take it."
Former Wimbledon quarter-finalist Tomic fell out with Hewitt after knocking back a chance to join a Cup training camp in Melbourne in December.
Hewitt was reportedly also unimpressed when former world No.17 Tomic later brushed a chance to play the Australian Open wildcard play-offs.
Tomic - now world No.168 - has a 17-4 Cup record.
But Hewitt said team members had laughed off Tomic's claim they could not win without him ahead of their Davis Cup first round tie against Germany in Brisbane starting on Friday.
World No.14 Nick Kyrgios will spearhead the Australian team.
"For me, he's made some mistakes and it will be a long way back," Hewitt said of Tomic's Davis Cup future.
TA CEO Craig Tiley said he would leave it to Hewitt to decide if Tomic could be considered for Davis Cup selection again in the wake of the latest controversy.
"It's not the first time I have heard Bernard make negative comments toward the organisation - I can pretty much guess what Bernard is going to say," Tiley told SEN Radio.
"(But) he's got some work to do to get back."
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