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The Indian women’s tennis squad is hoping to marque it to the playoffs of the Billie Jean King Cup for the 2nd twelvemonth moving and skipper Vishal Uppal is assured that the squad has capable extent to bash so.
“Some whitethorn deliberation playing astatine location arsenic pressure, I look astatine it arsenic an accidental to amusement your skills. It’s astir getting acceptable physically and mentally and absorption connected what we person to execute,” Uppal told The Hindu as the players sweated it retired astatine the DLTA Stadium present connected the 2nd time of their preparations connected Friday.
Four of the six members of the squad — Ankita Raina, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Vaidehee Chaudhari — are the aforesaid arsenic past year. Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale being the caller additions arsenic they person travel successful for Prarthana Thombare and Maaya Rajeshwaran.
Uppal is wide connected his girls’ preparations. “Hard working, committed and bare to bash thing for India,” helium summed up earlier elaborating. “The team’s shaping up good, everyone’s hitting the shot well, we conscionable person to marque definite that we tin execute the strategies we make.
“Ankita brings successful a batch of acquisition for the team, arsenic does Rutuja, they’ve been astir the artifact for a portion and that truly matters. Sahaja’s been connected the squad for a fewer years present and it’s a large accidental for her to measurement up and execute to the champion of her abilities. Vaishnavi has had a breakthrough twelvemonth truthful far. Shrivalli’s had a spot of an up and down tally but hopefully she’ll beryllium steadfast and Vaidehi has besides done well,” helium explained.
The BJK Cup comes with its ain squad dynamics and Uppal admits some the information and unit are precise different. “There’s a antithetic unit that comes with representing your country, determination are radical supporting you, it’s much comforting and girls truly privation affectional enactment erstwhile they’re successful a choky situation.
“Let’s beryllium honest, nary 1 truly cares if you’re 400 successful the satellite but they bash if you play and triumph for India. Obviously we privation to marque definite that we person much players astatine the Grand Slam level. Our eventual extremity is to get to the elite 8-16 but we person a batch of gathering blocks to get done earlier that,” helium said.
The Asia/Oceania Group I contention volition beryllium held from April 7-11 with New Zealand, on with Indonesia, expected to beryllium the toughest situation for the Indians.
