Zeeshan Ali on Wednesday announced that he has resigned from his position as coach of the Indian Davis Cup team, a month before the national team's next assignment against Sweden in Stockholm.
He insisted that it was time to focus on the development of the National Tennis Centre (NTC) Zeeshan had replaced Nandan Bal as India's Davis Cup coach in 2013 when the country's top players had revolted against AITA, demanding better playing conditions, and refused to play against Korea in New Delhi.
"I have resigned as the coach of the Davis Cup team," Zeeshan Ali told the media.
His resignation comes a month before India’s next assignment in the Cup against Sweden in Stockholm.
Zeeshan, 54, had replaced Bal as coach of the team in 2013 ahead of the tie against South Korea in New Delhi.
"I've been coach of the Davis Cup team for 11 years now. To top it all, I was also the captain of the Davis Cup, the historic tie that we played against Pakistan in Pakistan earlier on this year,” he said.
“I don't think there is any such person from any country who has had the privilege and honour of doing all these three things," he said.
He further added, "There have been players who were captains, but I don't think there has been a situation where the player was a coach and then the coach was also the captain of the team.
"So having done all these three things, I felt that I have already achieved whatever there was to achieve as far as Davis Cup was concerned,” he said.
He ended, “And frankly speaking, I have been thinking about this for quite some time now." India will take on Sweden on hard indoor court in Stockholm from September 14-15.”
India will take on Sweden on hard indoor court in Stockholm from September 14-15
Davis cup is international tennis event organised by International Tennis Federation.
The Indian team that represents the country in the cup, is handled by All India Tennis Association. India us yet to lift a trophy in the cup, however, have been runner-up for three time in 1966, 1974, and 1987.
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