The All India Tennis Association (AITA) secretary general Hironmoy Chatterjee is confident that national team will travel to Pakistan for their Davis Cup away tie as forfeiture can lead to a two-year suspension from the global governing body ITF. But it would not be a problem in case of tennis, Chatterjee said. This is World Cup of tennis," Chatterjee told PTI. He further pointed out that Pakistan recently competed in the Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar and at the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati and Shillong. Our Ministry of External Affairs only allowed them to come here and participate in Hockey World Cup and South Asian Games."

Source: dna February 08, 2019 03:45 UTC