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TA won’t help the Scud
sis being chosen tor the Australian team for the Davis Cup final If the stayaway star is left out. reports AFP.
TA president Geoff Pollard said Sunday it was up to the selection committee to choose the best team from the players available for the December 8-10 final against Spain or the United States, who play off next weekend.
Philippoussis may not be here for the semifinal against Brazil, crying off with a knee Injury, but he looms large in Australia's Davis Cup deliberations.
Team captain John Newcombe only learned of Philippoussis' unavailability when he rang him at his Melbourne home from London last Saturday. forcing a late change of plans for the Brazil tie.
Wimbledon finalist Pat Rafter criticised Philippoussis for "Jerking" the Australian team around following the Scud's late withdrawal and team member Lleyton Hewitt Sunday called for his renewed commitment to the Davis Cup.
Newcombe, in his seventh and last year as non-playing
Australian captain, foreshadowed iIk bypassing of Philip-poiisMslur the Cup final when he said he intended to keep the h am which Sunday completed a 5-0 sweep over the Brazilians in the semifinal.
The way we are looking at it right now the team that did the jo.> in the semi will be the one that does the job in the final," sa i Newcombe,
There were suggestions that Pollard, as the country’s top tennis official, might step in and overrule that, but he stated his position on Sunday.
"Our process is that all Australian players are eligible for selection, and we like to think all are available for selection, but we have a selection committee and they are the ones that pick the team." he said.
I don’t think I have the right (to intervene) under our constitution. I've never done it before and the other limes I've seen presidents In other sports do it and it's generally backfired."
Pollard called for more direct communication between Phillppoussis and the Davis Cup team.
We need to have direct communication with Mark, not through a whole range of in-termediaries. he said
Phillppoussis has a c hequered history of committing himself to playing Lt his
BRISBANE, Australia. July 16; Tennis Australia will not intervene and insist on Mark Philippous-country. He has played in three ot Australia's previous eight Cup ties. He was (he hero in last year’s final victory over France in Nice.
The biggest controversy came when he made himself unavailable for the Davis Cup tie against Zimbabwe In Mil-dura. NSW. in 1998 because of a dispute with Newcombe and coach Tony Roche, only to then turn up and watch his teammates fall to an ignominious 3-2 defeat.
Hewitt Sunday spoke of the team's feelings towards Phillp-(XJUSSiS.
"A lot of things have to be sorted out." he said after his 6-4, 6-1 win over Andre Sa.
Obviously, the conversations that went on before this week were pretty ordinary, and that is going to have to get fixed.
"With a new captain and coach coining in next year, it is going to be a whole new ball game. They are going to have to set down the law right from the start and you have to put yourself on the line every time for your country."
Newcombe was non-committal about the thorny issue Sunday. saying there was a "lot of water under the bridge" with the US Open and the Sydney. Olympics to come before the Davis Cup final in five months' time.