Amid Security Concerns, Pakistan’s Davis Cup moved to New Zealand

Pakistan has lost home advantage to New Zealand for their Davis Cup tennis tie.  Pakistan was to host the Asia-Oceania zone second-round tie in July, but New Zealand had asked for it to be moved because of security fears.

According to the Pak Tribune, Tennis New Zealand said the International Tennis Federation had reversed its choice of venue for the tie “due to the existing security concerns that continue to surround the hosting of sporting events in Pakistan”.

“A lot of our players had expressed concerns and did not want to travel to Pakistan,” TNZ operations and events manager Tracy Hall told the Pak Tribune.

Foreign sports teams have looked badly upon Pakistan ever since an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in March of last year.  Meanwhile, bomb attacks in the city last week killed 45 people.