Islamabad: Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has confirmed that the International Tennis Federation has rejected an appeal by Pakistan to host its Davis Cup tie against Lebanon next year.
PTF secretary Mumtaz Yousuf has said that “we had filed an appeal against the decision to move the tie and we assured full security arrangements for the visiting team,”
He further said the tie that is scheduled for Feb 10-12. “But the ITF has rejected our appeal.”
The tie was originally supposed to be in Lahore and while Lebanon had said they were prepared to play in Pakistan, the ITF moved the tie to Lebanon because of security concerns.
.”We are disappointed at not being able to host international tennis in Pakistan,” he added.
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