Paris/Sydney: Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka have made themselves available for Switzerland’s Davis Cup World Group play-off match against the Netherlands in September.

“We are of course very happy for this positive decision so early in the day,” a post on the SwissTennis website read. “It will allow us to prepare for this playoff under the best of conditions.”

The two Swiss stars won Switzerland’s first Davis Cup crown last November when they defeated France in Lille.

But they missed the first round defeat against Belgium this year to concentrate on their play in the Grand Slam events, Wawrinka taking full advantage to win the French Open.

There was also the matter of qualification rights for next year’s Rio Olympics with both players needing to play at least one Davis Cup tie before next summer to be eligible.

The winner of the tie from September 18-20 in the week after the US Open will stay in the 16-strong World Group with the loser dropping down to the second tier.

SwissTennis said that a decision on where the match would be played in Switzerland would be taken at a later date.

Meanwhile, Bernard Tomic’s rift with Tennis Australia looks unlikely to end any time soon after the player said he had no interest in clear-the-air talks until the governing body resumed funding of his sister, Sara.

Tomic was dumped from the Davis Cup quarter-final against Kazakhstan after he launched a public attack on Tennis Australia (TA), who have withdrawn funding from both Tomics because of the uncooperative attitude of their father, John.

The Australians came from 2-0 down to win the tie 3-2 and set up a semi-final against Britain, and TA reached out to their top ranked men’s player on Tuesday, offering talks to hammer out their differences.

The 22-year-old, apparently uncowed by his arrest in Miami last week for refusing to turn down the music during a party at his penthouse suite in a hotel, said there was no point.

“Until I am satisfied TA is committed to funding the development of junior Australian talent, including my sister Sara, on a non-discriminatory basis, I do not believe there is any point in meeting,” he told the Herald Sun newspaper from Colombia, where he is competing at the Claro Open.

“I am always ready, willing and able to play for Australia. It is my honour and privilege to do so. I consider that I have a good record and it is my hope to continue to represent my country.

“Importantly, I would like to thank previous TA administrators for their financial support in the past. Current TA administrators sacked me from the Davis Cup for comments I made at Wimbledon. I stand by those comments.”

Australia needed the experience of Lleyton Hewitt to rescue them from defeat against Kazakhstan in Darwin last weekend, the 34-year-old replacing Thanasi Kokkinakis to clinch the deciding singles match.

Another young gun, Nick Kyrgios, was replaced for the final day of singles by big-serving Sam Groth, who kept his country’s hopes alive with a victory over Kazakhstan’s number one Mikhail Kukushkin.

Tomic, ranked 29th in the world, would undoubtedly be a boost to the Australia team when they travel to England to take on a Britain team led by Andy Murray on Sept. 18-20.

“I am always available for selection for Davis Cup. If TA select me, then great. If TA does not select me, then there’s not too much I can do,” Tomic added.

“Contrary to some self-serving reports, I am okay and strong. I have not hit rock bottom. Thank you for your continued support. I know I need to work harder.”