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 mentioned that they had safety issues over sending their crew to the nation. “The ITF has said that Pakistan will retain its hosting rights and has rejected the security concerns raised by India,” a senior PTF official mentioned.

The Davis Cup Committee has accepted the PTF presentation towards the All Indian Tennis Association’s (AITA) refusal to ship its Davis Cup crew 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 send its team to Islamabad, the tie would be awarded to Pakistan as there is no basis for India having security concerns about playing in Pakistan,” the official mentioned.

The ITF additionally mentioned that offering safety to the visiting crew was the duty of the host and so they had in latest occasions efficiently hosted different groups with none incidents, the official mentioned.

The Indian federation had lately informed the Davis Cup Committee that it’s not doable for them to ship their crew to Islamabad for the tie and known as for it to be organised at a impartial venue.

PTF president Salim Saifullah Khan mentioned 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 crew 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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