The All India Tennis Association (AITA) found itself in a fix on Wednesday, after India was drawn to play an away Davis Cup zonal tie against Pakistan in mid-September. In December, three Indian male tennis players had travelled to Pakistan for Futures events. The last time an Indian team played a Davis Cup tie in Pakistan was in 1964 in Lahore. The Indian Davis Cup team fell back into the Group 1 of the Asia/Oceania zone after its loss to Italy in the World Group Qualifiers last weekend. AdvertisingBy 2017 though, the ITF deemed the country’s security arrangements sufficient enough to host Davis Cup ties and Pakistan has hosted Iran, Thailand, Korea and Uzbekistan thereafter.

Source: Indian Express February 06, 2019 21:42 UTC