All India Tennis Association (AITA) hits again at prime players’ choice to skip the upcoming Davis Cup tie in opposition to Pakistan on Friday, November 24. India’s top-ranked tennis players Sumit Nagal and Sasi Kumar Mukund have reportedly refused to travel to Pakistan due to totally different causes and the affiliation isn’t glad with their choice.
Nagal is ranked 141 within the ATP males’s standings and stays India’s finest hope within the Davis Cup World Group I play-off. According to a report from PTI, Nagal has refused to travel to Pakistan as the tie shall be performed on a grass court docket which doesn’t go well with his enjoying model. Sasi Kumar Mukund has additionally conveyed his choice to AITA and cited ‘private causes’ to skip the tie.
“Nagal had conveyed to the team management long back that he should not be considered for the tie against Pakistan because grass court is not his preferred surface,” AITA supply informed PTI on Friday.
However, the AITA is fuming over Nagal and Mukund’s choice as India’s possibilities to beat Pakistan are hampered gravely. AITA General Secretary Anul Dhupar criticised the players’ acts and informed players to let the administration determine what’s finest for the Indian staff.
“This is wrong. When it’s a question of serving the country why would you not do it? I have put the matter in the hands of the Executive Committee,” Dhupar informed PTI. “There is no choice for players if they want to represent India. My theory is simple. But I am nobody to take a call. The call has to be taken by the Executive Committee. If the player is sick and injured, I can understand but this is not the first time that Mukund has made himself unavailable for national duty. He has done it twice. Let the administrators of the country decide what’s best for India.”
India beat Morocco 4-1 within the World Group II tie and Pakistan defeated Indonesia by 5-0 to qualify for the Group 1 play-off. The Indian staff was additionally scheduled to travel to Pakistan throughout the 2019 tie however each nations agreed to play the match at a impartial venue, Kazakhstan, due to safety considerations.
