Premier Denis Napthine gives Emergency Services Minister Kim Wells a serve for going to the tennis in bushfire bungle Premier Denis Napthine says Emergency Services Minister Kim Wells attending the tennis was "not a good decision." DENIS Napthine has delivered Emergency Services Minister Kim Wells a stinging backhand for attending the tennis on the worst fire threat day since Black Saturday. Mr Wells, who was demoted from the Treasury last year after the fall of premier Ted Baillieu, admitted on Thursday he spent more than two hours last Friday night at the Australian Open watching Sam Stosur lose to Ana Ivanovich. Dr Napthine gave him a serve: "In retrospect, the minister agrees with me that attending the tennis was not a good decision." HAVE YOUR SAY: Should the Minister have gone to the tennis? Mr Wells admitted he made the wrong choice in going to the tennis, on a general admission ticket he had purchased for himself, while fires burned across the state. "I would need to seriously consider how I would do that in the future," Mr Wells told Fairfax Radio. EDITORIAL: Tennis a very bad call indeed Dr Napthine said that despite the error in judgment, he retained "every confidence" in Mr Wells. Mr Wells said there was no comparison between his actions and those of former chief police commissioner Christine Nixon, who went out to dinner on the night of Black Saturday. Can I also make the point that during the tennis (Fire Services Commissioner) Craig (Lapsley) and I were constantly texting ... had Craig said 'house lost', 'death' or anything I would have been over there in a minute. In opposition, the Government was heavily critical of the Brumby government emergency services minister Bob Cameron for failing to meet his responsibilities on Black Saturday. Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews, who was at the State Control Centre receiving an update on the fires late on Friday night, called on Dr Napthine to sack Mr Wells. "If my emergency services minister went to the tennis last Friday night they wouldn't be my emergency services minister today," Mr Andrews said. Victorians deserve better. Mr Wells said he was at the State Control Centre, which is within walking distance of Melbourne Park, on the morning and afternoon last Friday. He held a press conference at 2.30pm that day and Dr Napthine also attended the centre at 5.45pm. United Firefighters Union national secretary Peter Marshall said Victorians would have expected the minister to be more concerned. "Popping out for a media conference or the odd phone call simply isn't enough," he said. He texted like a teenager while hundreds of volunteer and career firefighters were out in 40+ degrees, fighting to save homes and other assets in the Grampians and Halls Gap area.