AITA assures security measures for Davis Cup Players
Following a two-day inspection in Islamabad last week, the ITF team asserted their approval of the arrangements made for the tie. Soon after the All India Tennis Federation confirmed India’s participation in the Davis Cup tie, the team’s non-playing captain - Mahesh Bhupathi is said to have written to the AITA citing security concerns among players.
“The ITF requires many provisions for security and it’s all there in the Davis Cup manual,” explains Hironmoy Chatterjee, AITA secretary general. “It’s a world-wide scenario. Their rules are very stringent, and they check every venue. Only after that will they clear a tie. So those checks are good.”
“It is a normal routine for high profile Davis Cup ties and the one between Pakistan and India is not an ordinary one,” said ITF official Richard Gallagher to Pakistani newspaper ‘The News.’ His colleague Giles Robbins added: “We have visited all the places where the Indian team is to spend time. Since Pakistan has hosted a good number of ties in Islamabad, I believe the plan of the (Indian) team’s stay has been well prepared. We as security experts are satisfied with the arrangements.”
“Mahesh wrote a mail to me a few days back asking if security arrangements were made,” he says. “It was a simple matter of a captain writing to his association general secretary. That’s all.”
He further added, “When the AITA approached them to check their availability for the tie, they all said they were good to go, except Sumit Nagal who has an ankle injury.”
Chatterjee ended by saying, “We come under the sports ministry, and we have checked with them about going. They gave us the clearance so that’s fine for us.”
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