Giving its two-team decision, the AITA today said it was a compromise formula to resolve the selection crisis for the Olympics. It said the decision was "unfair" on world number 7 Paes.

"Undoubtedly the most patriotic one, who has the record of most David Cup appearances for India and has served the nation for over 20 years, had been driven to the wall and had to react sharply," AITA President Anil Khanna
said referring to Paes' threat of a pullout in case of being paired with a junior partner. "AITA does not want Leander's image to be tarnished. AITA
asks Leander to forgive the utterances (against him by Bhupathi and Bopanna).

"Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan (ranked 207) and Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna will be the two teams. We request Leander to reverse to his thoughts and he should help Bopanna and Vishnu to succeed in their first Olympics," he added

Paes' father has said that Leander is unlikely to go with this decision.