The Sri Lanka Tennis Association last Sunday (Dec. 30) reappointed Vasantha Wijesekara and Dominik Utzinger as Sri Lanka Manager and Coach respectively for next April’s Teheran event.

The controversy began when the first round of trials began in mid-December triggering a rift in the National Selection Committee headed by P. S. Kumara.

Then, as ‘The Island’ last Sunday revealed, Sri Lanka’s leading player Harshana Godamanna said he sit out this year’s campaign if last year’s Davis Cup officials weren’t reappointed, hinting that he was not comfortable with the set of new officials who were likely to be appointed by the SLTA for this year.

At the meeting held last Sunday present were SLTA President Janaka Bogollagama, Vice Presidents, Wijesekara, AVM Lalaka Peiris, Mjr. Gen. Seevali Wanigasekara, Brig. Asoka Padeniya, Maxwell de Silva and Angelo Patrick, along with the four-member Selection Committee.

Meanwhile, Rohan de Silva, last year’s Non-Playing Captain, too, is likely to be reappointed next week by the SLTA General Committee.

Last Sunday’s meeting also resolved to consider two top Sri Lanka players now based in the USA, Franklyn Emmanuel and Oshada Wijemanne, for selections, if they play in this month’s trials held at the SLTA.