John Tomic denied a charge of assault against Thomas Drouet in a Saturday afternoon brawl outside a hotel where players in the Madrid Masters were staying, his lawyer Carmen Dieguez told journalists at a Madrid court. <img alt="John Tomic" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/may/John-Tomic.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 378px;" /> (Inset) John Tomic , father of Aus tennis staru00a0Bernard Tomic The court set a May 14 hearing for a judge to decide his guilt or innocence. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t feel guilty. I did not do anything wrong,&rdquo; John Tomic told reporters of the fight, which has sparked consternation in the tennis world. John Tomic struck his son&rsquo;s training partner with his head only because his own arms were being held by Drouet and he had to protect himself from falling over, his lawyer said. Tomic opted for a court hearing rather than paying a fine, she told reporters. <img alt="Thomas Drouet" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/may/Thomas-Drouet.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 408px;" /> Tennis player Thomas Drouet, training partner Bernard Tomic, leaves a court house bandaged and wearing a kneck brace in Madrid yesterday. Pic/AFP

The father of Australia's top-ranked tennis player Bernard Tomic said yesterday he was acting in self-defence when he headbutted his son's training partner and broke his nose in the Spanish capital.

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