Not a ball is even close to being served in India’s Davis Cup clash against Switzerland in Biel on September 12-13, but there are loads of volleys, of a verbal kind, that have already been exchanged between the two factions within the All-India Tennis Association (AITA).  

With the results of last year’s AITA elections (September 28, 2024) still unannounced, due to a pending petition filed by some former players in the Delhi High Court, PTI has reported that two team managers have been named for the Davis Cup fixture. The Executive Committee (EC) has selected Tripura association’s secretary Sujit Roy while Anil Dhupar, who was removed from the Secretary General’s position and replaced by Sunder Iyer as Interim Secretary following an EC meeting on June 27 and is currently challenging the meeting’s legality, has insisted that traditionally the Secretary General travels with the team as manager. Dhupar claims that AITA President Anil Jain has also approved and sanctioned his name for the same.

The EC however, is up in arms about this.