TENNIS in DEPTH.

Bernard Tomic insists everything is now “cool” in his relationship with Lleyton Hewitt after a belated exchange of phone calls between the two biggest names in Australian men’s tennis.

Hewitt had been offended by a perceived snub from Tomic at Wimbledon last year, when the young star turned down an invitation to practise with the former world No.1.

Tomic said it was a misunderstanding as he had been suffering from swine flu.

The 17-year-old phoned Hewitt in December to try and clear the air.

Hewitt called back last week on the eve of the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Taiwan, where Tomic is set to become Australia’s youngest-ever competitor.

“I called Lleyton in December and it was good to hear back from him about a week [ago],” Tomic said on Saturday.

“We spoke, we’ve fixed it all up, it was just a bit of a misunderstanding we had, but we’re all cool now which is the main thing.”

Tomic said he was unconcerned that it took Hewitt more than two months to get back in touch.

“We wanted to focus on the summer, which is probably why I called him and he didn’t call back [until February],” he said.

“There was the Australian Open coming up and a big season.

“He gave me a call after that which was good and we’ve sorted it out.”

Long-time Davis Cup warrior Hewitt is unavailable for the March 5-7 tie against Taiwan at Melbourne Park as he recovers from post-Australian Open hip surgery.

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