Pakistan Tennis Officials are Prepared to Hold International Events Next Year

Written by: Staff on 27th October 2010

Pakistan Tennis Officials are Prepared to Hold International Events Next Year

Men's Doubles Finalists, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) and Rohan Bopanna (IND) |

Tennis officials in Pakistan say they are confident they will be able to hold international events next year. Pakistan Tennis Federation president Dilawar Abbas said security consultant Ian Todd has visited Pakistan on behalf of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). “We have asked the ITF to allot international events, including Davis Cup ties, to Pakistan once again as we are capable of hosting them without any problems,” Abbas told Reuters.

The ITF moved four Davis Cup matches out of Pakistan – against Oman, Philippines, Hong Kong and New Zealand – because of security concerns. “We have suffered because we lost our home advantage in these Davis Cup ties,” Abbas said.

Armed gunmen attacked a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan, last year. Since then, Pakistan’s national cricket team has been playing all of its home matches at neutral sites for an indefinite period.

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