Monday 13 July 2015 10:49, UK
Tennis Australia has apologised for a 'clerical error' in a media release that said Bernard Tomic was playing in a 'Hall of Shame' event against compatriot John-Patrick Smith.
The media release said Tomic, who was dumped from Australia's Davis Cup team after a rant against officials, was playing Smith in the 'Hall of Shame Tennis Championships', causing a stir on social media networks.
"Tennis Australia sincerely apologises for the typo in the daily results service today," the governing body said.
"This has now been corrected and we wish both Bernard Tomic and JP Smith all the best in the Hall of Fame Championships in Newport," TA said in a statement.
"This unfortunate error has been widely circulated on social media and there is some discussion as to how such a mistake could occur.
"We have a very upset staff member who made a simple clerical error. There was no malicious intent."
TA's relationship with Australia's top-ranked player Tomic has long been frosty but it reached a new low at Wimbledon, where the world No 26 accused officials of lacking respect for him and failing to support him and his sister Sara, who plays mostly lower-tier ITF events.
Tomic also hit out at two-time Grand Slam champion Pat Rafter, a former Davis Cup captain and now TA's high performance director, describing him as a "good actor" and a TA stooge.
