ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has said that it is all set to host Indian tennis team for the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group-I tie after a gap of 55 years.
India has furnished details of their squad, elevating Mahesh Bhupathi as the non-playing captain of the squad finalised for the fixture.
The all-important tie that is set to be held here at the Pakistan Sports Complex grass courts on September 14-15 sees India fielding the strongest possible squad consisting of seven players (two to be shortened later), non-playing captain, coach, two physio plus trainer and three officials, including All India Tennis Association president Anil Khanna.
Pakistan has already played ties against teams from Uzbekistan, South Korea and Thailand at the same venue in 2017 and 2018, PTI reports.
On Thursday, PTF vice president of the Muhammad Khalid Rehmani told local media that all necessary arrangements have been made to hold the tie in a befitting manner.
An Indian team last visited Pakistan in March 1964 and defeated the hosts by 4-0 in Lahore. Later on, Pakistan and India had faced each other in a Davis Cup ties in April 2006 in Mumbai, India.
The PTF official added that a team from the International Tennis Federation (ITF), which visited Pakistan earlier this week, expressed its full satisfaction over the administrative and security measures taken by Pakistan for the tie, reports Xinhua news agency.
One of the visiting ITF officials Richard Simon Gallagher told media that Islamabad has always been a secure city where the PTF has hosted no less than five Davis Cup ties in recent times and they hoped that the upcoming competition will be held perfectly.
