Davis Cup: AITA Upset With Sumit Nagal, Sasi Mukund's Refusal To Play For India
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Davis Cup: AITA are upset with Sumit Nagal and Sasi Mukund, who refused to be available for India's upcoming tie against Finland.
Sumit Nagal excused himself from the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Finland, citing a hip injury, but the young tennis player continues to play on the ATP Challenger tour, upsetting the national federation, which will soon take up the matter with him. Nagal wrote to the All India Tennis Association (AITA) on August 28 that due to a hip injury he won't be able to compete against Finland because playing on the hard courts would aggravate his injury. Finland will host India on indoor hard court from September 18. The AITA then replaced Nagal with Saketh Myneni. However, Nagal has competed in two Challenger events since then on clay courts - Meerbusch (Germany) and Banja Luka (Bosnia & Herzegovina) - which took the AITA by surprise. Experts say it's impossible to play either on hard courts or clay courts if a player is carrying a hip injury. They say irrespective of the surface, the player can't escape from running which is not possible in case of a hip injury. Before reaching out to Myneni, the AITA also approached Sasi Kumar Mukund to take the place of Nagal in the national team but he also refused to play since he wanted to defend points in Pro Tour.More Related News