All is not well in the Dutch tennis camp following their shock 2-3 loss to India in the recent Davis Cup first-round qualifying tie.
Jesper De Jong had led the Netherlands team in the match due to the absence of Tallon Griekspoor, who refused to travel with team and has been a vocal critic of the Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association.
On the sidelines of the ongoing Rotterdam 500 event, De Jong fired a shot at Griekspoor — the top-ranked Dutch player (World No. 27) — saying that he had ‘embarrassed’ the country by refusing to play the tie.
Griekspoor then hit back at his compatriot with a venomous reply. “He [De Jong] says I’m disrespecting the country, which is a bit rich coming from someone who lost to the World No. 500 [465],” said the 29-year-old, according to Dutch website Nos, while making a reference to De Jong’s defeat at the hands of Dhakshineswar Suresh in the decisive singles tie.
“I’m not going to waste time and energy on people who are of no use to me,” he added.
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