Kevin Anderson doesn’t want to play for South Africa.

The more Tennis South Africa jumps up and down about it, the more he digs his heels in.

Both sides have a case. Anderson is South Africa’s top player and TSA desperately need him, both as an active participant and as a beacon to local youngsters.

Anderson, though, is US-based and travelling here would put a serious spoke in his wheels. He’s on the world tour and any deviation from his carefully-planned itinerary could blow up in his face.

The two parties have had a love-hate relationship for years, suffice to say that Anderson can be cranky and disagreeable. Top-end sportsmen are allowed this indulgence.

What happens now is that with Anderson ducking out of Davis Cup competition, while still avowing himself as a proud South African, he will also miss out on the Rio Olympics too.

This is too bad.

South Africa should now get used to the idea that Anderson is not coming back. It’s not worth begging and pleading with him when he emphatically doesn’t want to play.

Deal with it, move on.