(L-R) Sahaja Yamalapalli, Vaishnavi Adkar, Lt. Col. Ranbir Chauhan, Vishal Uppal and Vaidehee Chaudhari.
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Having reached the World Group playoffs for under the second time final 12 months, the Indian ladies’s tennis workforce could be hoping to repeat the feat whereas taking part in at house for the second successive time when the Billie Jean King Cup Billie Jean King Cup Asia/Oceania Group I will get underway right here from April 7, 2026.
The Indian workforce can have a five-day preparatory camp on the DLTA Stadium — venue for the competitors — and had its first coaching session on Thursday (April 2, 2026 ) morning. With the matches scheduled to start solely within the second half of the day and proceed below lights, the workforce is predicted to modify to coaching later within the night for the remaining days.
The Indian workforce of Ankita Raina, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Vaishnavi Adkar, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty, Rutuja Bhosale and Vaidehee Chaudhari sweated it below captain Vishal Uppal, who shall be hoping to get the workforce mixtures proper to make sure a win throughout 5 days.
Apart from India, the opposite groups embody New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, Mongolia, Korea with the top-two advancing to the playoffs in November. India received 2-1 every in opposition to Hong Kong, Chinese language Taipei, Thailand and Korea in Pune in 2025 earlier than shedding to Slovenia and Netherlands within the playoffs final 12 months.
Printed – April 03, 2026 01:19 am IST
