The four top Indian tennis stars, who threatened to pull out of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games 2010, ended their revolt on Saturday by assuring that they will play in full strength for India. They changed their minds after the All India Tennis Association (AITA) assured them that all their dues will be cleared before the Games in October.
Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Somdev Devverman and Rohan Bopanna had written a letter to AITA on Friday and had threatened to pull out of the event over non-payment of their dues.
AITA had not cleared the due amount to the players since 2006 Asian Games and asked it to at least pay some part of the outstanding amount, the players say.
However, clearing the air, the tennis stars have now jointly issued a press statement.
"It is true that we wrote a letter to the AITA to voice some concerns we had about expenses that we were promised over the last year and a half, We have all submitted bills to various people at the AITA over this period, and now that the AITA has nominated us to represent India we requested them to make sure that the promises made are kept, we would like to put all speculation to rest and confirm we will be present in full strength to represent India against Brazil in Chennai in September, As for the CWG...," they wrote in the statement.
"We unfortunately have no time to run around and speak to authorities & are therefore reaching out to you. We give you full authority to mention at your meetings that unless there is some traction to what has been promised to us within the next month, none of us will be available to play in Delhi in the CWG in October," they wrote in the letter.
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