(Reuters) Ori Lewis - Tunisia has been suspended from the 2014 Davis Cup competition after the country's tennis federation ordered its number one player not to play against an Israeli. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) "Board of Directors found that the Tunisian Tennis Federation was in breach of the ITF Constitution by interfering with international sporting practice and ordering Tunisian player Malek Jaziri not to compete against Israeli player Amir Weintraub at the 2013 Tashkent Challenger in October," the ITF said Saturday. ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti added: "There is no room for prejudice of any kind in sport or in society.... This kind of action will not be tolerated."
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