Calcutta, Oct. 30 :    Calcutta, Oct. 30:  Davis Cupper Syed Fazaluddin is in a sort of Catch 22 situation these days. Just when things are looking up and he is performing and has started believing in himself, he sees himself running out of sponsorship. It is a bit disconcerting. 'In the last week of August I and my Italian doubles partner Giorgio Galimberti (the pair is at 250 ATP ranking now) won the Long Island (New York) $ 15,000 ITF Futures title in West Hampton,' he said today. The pair beat South Africans Menad Toreman and Joel McGregor 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the final. 'The week before that, we had reached the semi-final of the same tournament's East Hampton version,' said the 26-year-old. And a lot of good came off this. Not only did he get 18 ATP points from the win (12 from the semi-final entry), 'renowned coach Omar Laehmine of Morocco offered me a free two-week orientation course at his Tampa, Florida, setup. 'He had seen me play in California and in the New York tournaments and came over himself. He said he believed I had it in me and during the two weeks he gave me I really learnt more than I have learnt in all my years as a tennis player.' It was a sort of 'promo' the coach gave Fazal, and Fazal has been extremely impressed. 'But his charge is $ 1,500 per week, and I need to be at his camp for at least three months to derive any benefit from the training,' Fazal said. And that is a chunky $ 18,000. Incidentally, Giorgio has not remained his doubles partner. 'I am on the lookout for a doubles partner at the moment. I have been playing with a number of players and Mahesh Bhupathi has been helping me out on this. I believe he will be able to set me up with somebody good soon.' Fazal's singles foray has not been good enough. He has faltered early in many meets, and he is now considering a career in the doubles. But he concedes that the daily survival expenses in the US for him is around $ 3,000, and that is when he is not playing tournaments ('when expenses go up through accommodation and travel etc'). He is talking of a survival sponsorship of around $ 50,000 per year, and certainly it is a big amount. He has had a sponsorship deal with an Indian pharmaceutical company (in the US), Sabitsa. But that deal is running out this year. With all the opportunity around now, Fazal can afford to feel a trifle worried. After a Lucknow tournament, Fazal will go over to play in Dubai and then in the Czech Republic before he returns to play the ATP Event qualifier. Thereafter, it's all a bit hazy. He would like to sort this uncertainty out now. The bills do keep mounting all the time.