New Delhi, Feb 9:
The five-week long crisis, that rocked Indian tennis, was partially resolved today as the rebel players made themselves available for the tie against Indonesia, a day after AITA gave all the assurances with regard to Davis Cup playing conditions in writing.
The players, however, made it clear that their availability is only for the upcoming tie and is subject to AITA’s compliance with the promises made to them.
The 11-member rebel group, led by Somdev Devvarman, has also refused to talk to the three-member committee formed by AITA to resolve the issue and also wanted to know who would replace non-playing captain S P Misra in the next assignment.
Although the development is a step forward in resolving the crisis but it will take some time to reach a complete agreement between the players and the AITA
“…We would like to confirm our availability for the Indonesia tie subject to all of the conditions in the letter being unconditionally complied with by the AITA. Given that a number of the issues that we as players have still raised remain unresolved, our confirmation of availability is limited to the said Indonesia tie,” the players said in a letter to AITA.
“We would also like to mention that we are not available to talk with the new committee the AITA has formed as we feel like they comprise of people who are biased towards the AITA. However we encourage the AITA to constantly communicate directly with the players before and during the tie to sort out issues both parties have,” the letter added.
The AITA however was optimistic that everything will be sorted out sooner than later.
“We will continue to talk to the players. It’s good that they have made themselves available. If they do not want to talk to committee, I will talk to them and the committee will talk to the other players,” AITA CEO Hironmoy Chatterjee said. (PTI)
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