Tennis Australia (TA) has apologised for a typo in a press release that could have further inflamed the tensions with Bernard Tomic.

TA emailed out a press release on Monday morning which said Tomic was due to play an upcoming match at the "Hall of Shame Tennis Championships".

The correct name for the tournament is the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.

The typo could have exacerbated the feud between the organisation and Tomic even further, but TA issued a hasty apology after it was picked up on social media.

"Tennis Australia sincerely apologises for the typo in the daily results service today. 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.

"The result listing before the Hall of Fame Championships, the Sharm El Sheikh event in Egypt, won by Astra Sharma, should provide some explanation as to how this error occurred.

"There was no malicious intent."

Tomic family to seek legal advice over incident

John Tomic, Bernard's father, says his family is receiving legal advice over the email.

Fairfax reported that Tomic Snr emailed the newspaper a statement expressing his extreme disappointment over the latest controversy engulfing tennis in Australia.

"The Tomic family is very disappointed by TA's continual shaming and misrepresentation of Bernard," John Tomic's statement, published by Fairfax, read.

"Bernard has already been punished by his non-selection for the upcoming Davis Cup tie.

"Bernard accepted his sanction in a professional manner and was willing to move on ... how typically childish and arrogant of TA to permit publication of such material and then expect to get away with it.

"We have no alternative but to refer the matter to our legal people for advice."

A screengrab of Tennis Australia's press release which shows Bernard Tomic due to play in the 'Hall of Shame' Tennis Championships (highlight added).

Tomic created headlines when he lashed out at TA and Rafter at a post-match news conference at Wimbledon, accusing TA of penny-pinching and claimed he had been charged for practising on their courts in Brisbane.

He insulted former Davis Cup captain Rafter, one of the country's sporting icons.

Sorry, this video has expired Tomic lashes Tennis Australia

The 22-year-old was dumped from Australia's team for this week's Davis Cup tie against Kazakhstan in Darwin for what TA described as his "disparaging and disrespectful comments".

The press release typo comes after Rafter described the feud with Tomic as deep and possibly irreconcilable.

"It's about opportunity, not entitlement," Rafter said.

"It's a principle I believe in and feel really passionate about.

"The philosophy has always been in place within Tennis Australia, but when I came in there, I made it quite clear and quite strong.

"My big philosophy is trying to take away that sense of entitlement and make young players hungry [to succeed].

"I hope that, in time, the Tomics (Bernard and father John) would see what we're trying to achieve in terms of helping the culture within our sport."

Those remarks prompted an angry response from compatriot Nick Kyrgios, in a further fracturing of the Davis Cup team's cohesion.

"Another negative comment out of Rafters mouth. Does this guy ever stop? #everyoneisaworkinprogress," Kyrgios tweeted.

The tweet has since been deleted.

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