Vishal Uppal returns because the captain of the Indian group for the Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania group-1 girls’s tennis competitors to be staged on the Deccan Gymkhana, Pune, from April 7.
Regardless of her splendid run within the $115,000 WTA occasion in Mumbai, when she reached the semifinals as a qualifier, the 15-year-old Maaya Rajeshwaran has been named as a reserve for the group.
Ankita Raina, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty, Vaidehi Chaudhari and Prarthana Thombare make the group.
“The group has been chosen based mostly on rankings, current performances and participant availability,” stated the secretary basic of the All India Tennis Affiliation (AITA) Anil Dhupar in a launch issued on Saturday, following the assembly of the choice committee.
There might be a coaching stint for the group from April 2. Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale are scheduled to affix the coaching camp.
Chinese language Taipei, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand and Thailand would be the different groups within the event that will be performed on a league foundation with the highest two groups qualifying for the play-off, and the underside two getting relegated to group-2.
The group: Ankita Raina, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty, Vaidehi Chaudhari, Prarthana Thombare. Reserve: Maaya Rajeshwaran. Captain: Vishal Uppal; Coach: Radhika Kanitkar.
Revealed – March 01, 2025 07:19 pm IST
