Former Davis Cupper Anand Amritraj on Saturday described the ongoing crisis in Indian tennis following the players' revolt against the AITA a shame and said that both the parties should work out a comprise formula and resolve the issue quickly.
In comments to the news media, association officials have said they will no longer negotiate with the players and may cut off government grants to those who refuse to play next month. Some players receive government training grants of as much as 1.5 million rupees, or a little more than $27,000.
AITA's efforts to rope in US-based Prakash Amritraj in the Davis Cup squad to negate a boycott threat from the top players came to a nought today with the Sports Ministry sticking to its policy that only Indian passport holders can represent the country.
Former Davis Cupper Prakash Amritraj outplayed Saketh Myneni in straight sets to lift the Men's singles title at the USD 15,000 Solaris ITF Future Tennis Championships on Saturday.
Prakash Amritraj yet again failed to make the main the draw of a Grand Slam when he crashed out of the French Open qualifiers, losing in the first round to Braz
India's title hopes at the ATP Challenger event in Korea ended after Prakash Amritraj went down in singles quarters and Purav Raja lost in doubles event.
Prakash Amritraj overcame a second set lapse to beat Andis Juska 6-1 2-6 7-6(4) and book a quarterfinal berth in the ATP Challenger event in Chuncheon, Korea.
Prakash Amritraj advanced to the singles pre-quarterfinals of the $50,000 ATP Challenger event in US when his opponent retired mid-way in the first round.
Prakash Amritraj and his partner Alex Kuznetsov scripted a come-from-behind win to advance to the doubles quarterfinals of the $50,000 ATP Challenger event.
Prakash Amritraj and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi crashed out in the semifinals of the $50,000 ATP Challenger.