Bhupathi/Bopanna被限制參加台維斯盃 - 亞網 Tennis

將在九月14-16日於印度舉行的台維斯盃印度－紐西蘭之戰
全印網球協會(AITA)鑒於奧運提名時Bhupathi/Bopanna執意搭檔等行為以紀律理由限制出賽
同時，Paes因為赴美參加WTT無法參賽，而在美網復出的Devvarman也推辭出賽
幾乎所有印度一線球員都無法參與這場亞大一組降級附加賽首輪
這也是自1995年以來首次印度陣容中沒有Bhupathi或Paes的情況

印度的單打點得仰賴排名189的Yuki Bhambri及266的Vishnu Vardhan
雙打部分則以Divij Sharan(109)和Purav Raja(140)最高
紐西蘭單雙前二則是Jose Statham(S-314/D-210)、Daniel King-Turner(S-384/D-309)

印紐之戰的負方將在十月19-21日與中華隊競爭亞大一組最後資格
若印度落敗：保級戰印度主場、紐西蘭落敗：保級戰台灣主場

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Bhupathi, Bopanna get Davis Cup axe

NEW DELHI: Bangalore duo Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were dropped from
India's Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group I relegation tie against New Zealand to
be played in Chandigarh from September 14 to 16 on disciplinary grounds - for
asking to go to the London Olympics as a team and refusing to play with
Leander Paes.


With the 39-year-old Paes and singles exponent Somdev Devvarman making
themselves unavailable for the tie, AITA had little choice, but to go for a
new-look squad led by young gun Yuki Bhambri, ranked 191. The other members
of the team are: Vishnu Vardhan (285), Saketh Myneni (387), Sriram Balaji
(390), Sanam Singh (415) and Divij Sharan (1310). The squad will be pruned to
four before September 2, when the International Tennis Federation will be
notified about the selection.

The opposition in the relegation tie will hardly qualify as mighty even for
this depleted Indian outfit as the highest ranked player among the Kiwis is
Jose Statham at 324 and Daniel King Turner follows at 386. The 20-year-old
Bhambri, the former world junior No.1, who AITA conveniently overlooked for
the Olympics, has it in him to pull off the tie on his own. Vishnu should
provide good support.

Paes chose to make himself unavailable for Davis Cup play as he was caught up
with the World Team Tennis competition in the United States. Somdev, on the
other hand, said he wasn't fit enough for Davis Cup commitment at the moment
which would require him to play two five-set singles matches in three days.

Bharat Oza, AITA secretary general, said, "As per the executive committee
meeting on July 1, we got the direction that there should be a code of
conduct for the players, who refuse to play (as selected by AITA). We had
this selection problem before the Olympics, so Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh
Bhupathi were not considered."

Whatever shape the team finally takes, come September, India will go into a
Davis Cup engagement for the first time in 17 years without Paes or Bhupathi.
Both have skipped ties from time to time for various reasons, but not once
have India played sans both of them since Bhupathi made his debut in 1995,
against Croatia in New Delhi.

Paes chose to make himself unavailable for Davis Cup play as he was caught up
with the World Team Tennis competition and Somdev said he wasn't fit enough
for the clashes.


http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-19/top-stories/33272153_1_paes-or-bhupathi-aita-paes-and-singles-exponent

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