Having taken the All-India Tennis Affiliation (AITA), the governing physique for tennis within the nation, to the court docket for violating the Nationwide Sports activities Code, former India participant Somdev Devvarman stated the system ought to allow goals of younger gamers, not crush them. Somdev Devvarman and fellow Davis Cupper Purav Raja have filed a PIL in opposition to the AITA within the Delhi Excessive Court docket, accusing the federation of violating guidelines and fascinating in corrupt practices.
Proclaiming that “accountability and transparency are important for Indian tennis to rise from the unprecedented low it has presently fallen to”, Devvarman stated he and different like-minded gamers that to take motion as a result of the system has fallen into disarray.
“The conduct of the federation is in direct battle with the regulation of the land. It doesn’t comply with the Sports activities Code, it flouts the judgments of courts and its directors select to disregard probably the most fundamental pointers for sports activities governance whereas combating over the spoils that the gamers have achieved,” stated Devvarman in an announcement launched by his social medal handles.
The 39-year-old Devvarman, who bagged gold medals in males’s singles and doubles within the 2010 Asian Video games in Guangzhou, stated the nation is producing gamers who succeeded regardless of the “damaged system” within the nation.
“We succeeded as professionals regardless of a damaged system. A system that was corrupt, insensitive and incompetent. However does each little boy and lady on the market who picks up a racquet and dares to dream must battle the identical battle? The system ought to allow goals, not crush them. We owe it to the game that has given us all that now we have to make a distinction. We owe it to the longer term, we owe it to India,” stated Somdev in his assertion.
Whereas thanking the authorized crew that features advocates Rahul Mehra, Arundhati Iyer and Jhanvi Dubey, Devvarman expressed his gratitude to all those that have come out in his help.
“Our most honest gratitude to the Indian tennis group of gamers, coaches, dad and mom, juniors, and well-wishers who’ve reached out to us with relentless help and optimism,” stated Devvarman, ending his assertion hoping for “higher days forward for Indian tennis”.
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