'Hall of Shame' - Tennis Australia says sorry for Bernard Tomic 'typo'

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A TA press release was emailed out on Monday morning which said Tomic was due to compete in a match at the 'Hall of Shame Tennis Championships'.

The mistake was picked up and went viral on social media before TA issued an apology statement via both Twitter and their website.

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

"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."

Tensions have already been rising between TA and Tomic with the latter being dumped from the Davis Cup team for his "disparaging and disrespectful comments."

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at Sporting News Australia.