Davis Cup Committee Guidelines India Play Their Tie In Pakistan: Report
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The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) on Thursday claimed that the ITF’s Davis Cup Committee had dominated that India has to play its tie in Pakistan as per the unique schedule. The PTF claimed that the ITF had dominated in favour of Pakistan after India had stated they’d safety issues over sending their staff to the nation. “The ITF has stated that Pakistan will retain its internet hosting rights and has rejected the safety issues raised by India,” a senior PTF official stated.
The Davis Cup Committee has accepted the PTF presentation in opposition to the All Indian Tennis Affiliation’s (AITA) refusal to ship its Davis Cup staff to Pakistan for the Group I Playoff tie in Islamabad within the first week of February.
“The ITF has made it clear that if AITA fails to ship its staff to Islamabad, the tie can be awarded to Pakistan as there is no such thing as a foundation for India having safety issues about enjoying in Pakistan,” the official stated.
The ITF additionally stated that offering safety to the visiting staff was the accountability of the host and so they had in latest occasions efficiently hosted different groups with none incidents, the official stated.
The Indian federation had lately informed the Davis Cup Committee that it’s not doable for them to ship their staff to Islamabad for the tie and referred to as for it to be organised at a impartial venue.
PTF president Salim Saifullah Khan stated he had taken up the case with the ITF and a presentation was made to the Davis Cup committee lately.
India additionally did not journey to Pakistan for the Asia Cup cricket matches in August and September leading to majority of the matches being performed in Sri Lanka, with simply 4 video games in Pakistan.
In 2019, the Indian tennis staff had refused to play in Pakistan and the Davis Cup tie was moved to Kazakhstan on the recommendation of the ITF.
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