Andy Roddick sides with Pat Rafter in Tennis Australia feud

US tennis champion Andy Roddick has taken a dig at Bernard Tomic - and fellow Aussie Nick Kyrgios - after Tomic was arrested in Miami.

TENNIS legend Andy Roddick has chimed in on the Australian tennis saga as details of Bernard Tomic’s arrest begin to unfold.

In a post on his Twitter account, Roddick appeared to take a stab at Nick Kyrgios’ protest of “negative” comments made by Pat Rafter towards Australia’s young tennis stars earlier this week.

Is this the part where Rafter isn't allowed to be negative?

— andyroddick (@andyroddick) July 16, 2015

Roddick’s tweet follows the long-running feud between Tennis Australia and Australia’s tennis “bad boys” in Tomic and Kyrgios.

Most recently, Kyrgios fought back at comments made by Rafter, who claimed Australia needed to develop young players it could be proud of — citing current youngsters Kyrgios and Tomic for abusing their opportunity.

NICK KYRGIOS REACTS TO PAT RAFTER’S ‘NEGATIVE COMMENTS’

Following Tomic’s arrest yesterday, the 22-year-old has told Seven News his version of events that led to his handcuffed removal from his Miami Hotel.

Tomic was arrested at his $9000 penthouse suite at the W South Beach Hotel after allegedly refusing to comply with police instructions to turn down loud music and leave the hotel.

The Seven Network’s Mike Amor spoke to Tomic on Sunrise this morning, after he was released from police custody on bail. Tomic said he felt he’d been harshly done by throughout the ordeal.

The tennis player told Amor he had been asleep when security guards initially knocked on his door in response to noise complaints aimed at his hotel suite.

Police outside the W Hotel in South Beach, Miami where Bernard Tomic was arrested after telling officers to ‘relax' over noise complaints.

The current world number 25 said he had friends with him in the room who were playing the music, all of whom complied with security’s requests to turn the volume down.

When security returned a short while later, Tomic was allegedly involved in a dispute with guards after he claimed he had not turned the music up again. After that, police arrived to request the Australian leave the hotel.

From this point onwards, Amor said Tomic gave an impression that he had been hard done by in his dealings with police, after he began collecting his belongings in a fashion that was “not quick enough”.

When hurried along by Miami officers, Tomic allegedly told police to “relax”, after which he was placed in handcuffs and forcibly removed from the hotel.

Tomic has found himself in a long-running negative spotlight of late after disputes with Tennis Australia combine with off court drama.

A shirtless Tomic then spent “some hours in two separate jails” before being released on bail early this morning.

Amor told Sunrise Tomic realised the incident was a “mistake” and that he had acknowledged the events may be a distraction for Australian team members participating in the Davis Cup today.

“It was definitely my fault,” Tomic said.

“I was asleep on several occasions when they complained at first, but you know, it was just a noise complaint. I’m sorry for the police and the disturbance I caused.

“I’m just happy I got out, and no one got hurt.”

Tomic also told Amor he would “not be apologising to Tennis Australia” about his comments, claiming he had received no support from the sport’s national body in recent times.

The youngster was originally due to appear as part of the Australian team at the Davis Cup in Darwin this week, but was banned by Tennis Australia for his untoward comments to the media during Wimbledon.

Unfortunately for Tennis Australia, the ban may have cost them a Davis Cup title, as 69th ranked

Thanasi Kokkinakis went down in straight sets to Kazakhstan’s top ranked player Mikhail Kukushkin — a match-up Tomic was almost certain to win.