According to well-placed sources, the deteriorating relationship between the two countries is their main concern and the Indian players have written to the AITA requesting them to change the venue.
'Are Tennis players not citizens of India?', asks an official as Mahesh Bhupathi, among other players have asked the AITA to shift the venue for the Davis Cup tie from Pakistan.
Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi got married in 2011 in a simple Church wedding in Bandra, which was followed by a destination wedding in Goa.
Talking about Indian tennis, which has not been able to produce world-class singles players in the last three decades, Becker said the trio (all doubles specialists) need to unite to take the game forward in their country.
Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi got married on February 16 in 2011.
Keeping the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in mind, the sports ministry has included the doubles duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan, who won the Asian Games gold last year, have been kept in TOPS scheme.
Indian captain Mahesh Bhupathi admitted that the his players were under pressure against Italy, something that top singles player Prajnesh Gunneswaran also echoed.
Asked if India would be at a disadvantageous position minus Leander Paes on familiar surface at the South Club, Mahesh Bhupathi was dismissive in his reply.
Bhupathi said home comfort and the X-factor of Calcutta South Club's grass courts hold India in good stead in the tie.
While talking to Barkha Dutta at We The Women on Sunday, Mahesh Bhupathi recalled an incident when Lara Dutta was complicit of Sajid Khan's inapt behaviour.
Lara Dutta's husband Mahesh Bhupathi tweeted in support of his wife's decision and asked the film industry to stop engaging with the sexual offenders.
The 20-year-old Delhi girl, backed by Mahesh Bhupathi, has been in good form in the past few weeks.
Leander Paes, India's Davis Cup hero for years, was tied on 42 wins with Italian great Nicola Pietrangeli for long but finally surpassed him, albeit, in a foreign land.
After dominating the Asia/Oceania zone, India lost to tennis power-houses Serbia (2014), Czech Republic (2015) and Rafael Nadal-led Spain (2016) at the World Group Play-off stage.
Housefull actor Lara Dutta Bhupathi posted a photo on Twitter showing how she stopped water from seeping into her house by putting some grand slam towels to "good use".
Both Bhambri, who recently beat world number 22 Gael Monfils, and Saketh Myneni had missed the Uzbekistan tie due to their respective injuries.
Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi should have shown "respect" to Leander Paes by clearly telling him that he was not going to be a part of the playing squad before his arrival for the tie against Uzbekistan, the AITA said today.
Mahesh Bhupathi on Sunday said he had no "personal agenda" in keeping Leander Paes out of the Indian Davis Cup team and said his former partner's decision to leave Bangalore mid-way into the tie was a final nail in the coffin.
India’s non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi on Tuesday selected four singles players in the squad for the Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan, dropping veteran Leander Paes and his doubles partner Rohan Bopanna to the reserves.
Tennis star Leander Paes’s former doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi on Monday said that the men’s doubles team (Paes and Rohan Bopanna) paid the price for lack of practice at the recently concluded Rio Olympics.
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