If the Pakistan Tennis Federation manages to get its Davis Cup tie against New Zealand replayed, the big issue is where it will be held.
New Zealand were controversially awarded the Asia Oceania Group 2 tie, played in Myanmar last weekend, because referee Asitha Attygalla from Sri Lanka deemed the grass court unplayable.
At the time, New Zealand were in danger of losing as Artem Sitak had lost the first rubber and Dan King-Turner was 3-0 down in the second match.
The tie was awarded to New Zealand because official hosts Pakistan could not hold it, for security reasons.
The Pakistan Tennis Federation has appealed the result to the International Tennis Federation and want it continued from where it was stopped but, if the PTF gets its way, the issue remains of where it will be contested and who pays.
Holding a Davis Cup tie is an expensive business and Tennis NZ CEO Steve Johns has no interest in further stretching his already thin financial resources.
Pakistan remains a no-go area for international sport and clearly Myanmar is off the radar. Also there are players’ fees to consider.
“To try to get eight players and captains to break their schedules would be extremely tough,” Johns said.
Planning is under way for the next tie, away to the Philippines in September, he said.
But given media reports in Pakistan of an appeal, New Zealand would make inquiries to the ITF this week.
