Miffed with AITA’s treatment tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi has threatened to drag the association to the court for ousting him from India's Davis Cup squad along with Rohan Bopanna, saying he was exploring if the national federation's move was legal.

For the uninitiated, All India Tennis Association (AITA) had banned Bhupathi and Bopanna from representing the country till June 30, 2014 on disciplinary grounds.

The decision was taken by AITA soon after India's young Davis Cup team took an unshakeable 3-0 lead against New Zealand in Chandigarh on Saturday. It is learnt that Bhupathi will address a press conference in Mumbai on Monday to give his side of the story and reveal his next move.

"Rohan has played for India for 10 years and I have played now for about 18 years now. And to get slapped with something like this, I take this as rough. We are exploring it, we don't know yet but I don't think what they have done and the way they have done it, is fully legal. So we are exploring it what they have done is right and obviously if not legal, we are gonna go after it," Bhupathi said.

AITA had chosen Bhupathi to play with Leander Paes at the London Olympics but both he and Bopanna refused the pairing and instead forced the AITA to pair them for the Games. AITA had to accede to their demand at that time but has now taken the action saying it will not tolerate indiscipline.

Let’s wait to see how the events unfold further!

Source: TNN