{"id":35379,"date":"2017-09-12T15:59:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/?p=35379"},"modified":"2017-09-12T15:59:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:59:15","slug":"thai-team-expects-a-tough-competition-in-davis-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/2017\/09\/thai-team-expects-a-tough-competition-in-davis-cup-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai team expects a tough competition in Davis Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-35379-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/x-flv\" src=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Devis-Cup-Press-Conference.flv?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Devis-Cup-Press-Conference.flv\">http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Devis-Cup-Press-Conference.flv<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>ISLAMABAD, Sep 12 (APP): The Thailand team expects a tough competition ahead with the Pakistani players in the Davis Cup Asia- Oceania Group-II final scheduled to be held here at Pakistan Sports Complex courts from September 15 to 17.<br \/>\nSpeaking in a press conference here at a local hotel on Tuesday, Thailand team captain Captain Vittaya Samrej said we expect a tough challenge on grass courts against Pakistan team.<br \/>\n\u201cWe feel we have an edge over Pakistan in singles while Pakistan is good in doubles category,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe Thailand team includes Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul, Kittiphong Wachiramanowong, Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana who believes Pakistan is a sports loving country and lauded the revival of international sports activities in the country.<br \/>\nSpeaking on the occasion, Pakistan Davis Cup team player Aisam ul Haq said this is the best Pakistan Davis Cup team available and all players are well prepared for the mega final.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is very good to see the revival of international sports activities in Pakistan,\u201d he said and praised International Tennis Federation (ITF) for allotting the Davis Cup final to Pakistan.<br \/>\nHe said we have a chance to qualify for Group I. \u201cDoubles is the key to win in the Davis Cup tie,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nAisam hoped that ITF grants more international tournaments to Pakistan in the days to come.<br \/>\nPakistan team included Aqeel Khan, Shahzad Khan, Muhammad Abid and captain Mohammed Khalid.<br \/>\nAqeel said we are confident for the final and these are the best grass courts prepared.<br \/>\nAPP\/Ahsan\/ VNS Islamabad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Sep 12 (APP): The Thailand team expects a tough competition ahead with the Pakistani players in the Davis Cup Asia- Oceania Group-II final scheduled to be held here at Pakistan Sports Complex courts from September 15 to 17. Speaking in a press conference here at a local hotel on Tuesday, Thailand team captain Captain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"video_url":["http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Devis-Cup-Press-Conference.flv"],"featured_media_src_url":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1-82.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35386,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35379\/revisions\/35386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}