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 they’d safety considerations over sending their crew to the nation. “The ITF has mentioned that Pakistan will retain its internet hosting rights and has rejected the safety considerations raised by India,” a senior PTF official mentioned.

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 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 ship its crew to Islamabad, the tie can be awarded to Pakistan as there is no such thing as a foundation for India having safety considerations about taking part in 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 not too long ago instructed the Davis Cup Committee that it’s not potential for them to ship their crew to Islamabad for the tie and referred to 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 not too long ago.

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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