Davis Cup in Malmö-The aftermath

As a result of the Sweden-Israel Davis Cup Tie in Malmö being closed to the public by the local authorities, the city is now banned from hosting Davis Cup ties for five years. The Swedish Tennis Federation will also have to pay a fine. Since the closing of the tie to the public was decided by the local authorities, one would have thought that they would have the common courtesy to also fork up the bill, but no dice.

Malmö's strong man, Ilmar Reepalu, of course refuses as he seems bent on embarrassing Malmö even more in the eyes of the civilized world, or maybe it is part a scheme to attract more Islamists to come and settle in the city which already has a 32% Muslim population. He will be OK with that as long as they vote for him.