`Lebanon has 30% chance'

`Lebanon has 30% chance'
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

LUCKNOW, FEBRUARY 1: Despite India being overwhelming favourites to win the Asia-Oceania Group I Davis Cup rubber, Lebanon's non-playing captain Reymond Kattoura gives his team 30 per cent chance of causing an upset here.

``Our National champion Zaatini took part in the ITF tournament recently and we are banking on him to give us results,'' said Kattoura, the six-time Lebanon National champion.

Zaatini will head for Calcutta after the Davis Cup tie to take part in the ATP Challenger next week.

``It is for the first time we'll be playing on grass. It will be tough,'' he said when asked how his players were adjusting to the alien surface.

The number two Lebanese player -- Ali Hamedeh -- has played in India before in the Satellite and Challenger tournaments last year but it was always on hardcourts.

Speaking about the hosts, the Lebanese captain said India had, ``Wonderful players and have good experience on grass.''

As Indian captain Ramesh Krishnan has kept his playing line-up under wraps, Lebanonalso preferred to do the same. ``Our search is on,'' Kattoura said.