Last Updated: March 06, 2023, 16:02 IST
Indian tennis participant Vaidehi Chaudhary (Twitter)
Ankita Raina, Karman Kaur Thandi, Rutuja Bhosale, Sahaja Yamlapalli and Vaidehi Chaudhary will signify India on the Billie Jean King Cup
Vaidehi Chaudhary was on Monday rewarded for her good type as she was named in India’s Billie Jean King Cup squad for the upcoming Asia Oceania Group I competitors, the place seniors Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi will lead the nation’s problem.
The 23-year-old Chaudhary had not too long ago received her second ITF ladies’s singles title in Gurugram after beating compatriot Sandeepti Singh.
Chaudhary, ranked 492, had received her maiden ITF title in Gwalior not too long ago after which additionally reached the ultimate in Jhajjar, the place she had misplaced to Serbia’s Tamara Curovic.
Also making it to the five-player squad is Sahaja Yamlapalli, who’s the fourth-highest ranked participant from India at quantity 454.
Rutuja Bhosale has stored her place (419) in the squad even as Riya Bhatiya has been dropped by the choice panel, led by Nandan Bal.
The motion in Asia Ocenia Group I’ll start in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from April 10.
“We needed to reward the children for his or her good type that’s why Vaidehi and Sahaja are there. The good factor is that every one 5 gamers are virtually on the identical stage. Vaidehi has even crushed Ankita. So in case there’s an harm challenge, now we have ultimate alternative,” Nandan Bal told PTI.
“Players like Vaidehi and Sahaja should be able to push the senior players in a couple of years, if not immediately. So they should be in the team to soak the atmosphere and pressure,” he added.
Surprisingly, the AITA has changed Vishal Uppal as captain and Shalini Thakur Chawla, who was the coach in the earlier tie, has taken his place.
Radhika Kanitkar is the brand new coach of the facet whereas Ajeeta Goel is the physio in an all-woman help workers.
Asked why Uppal has been changed as captain, Bal stated, “We had been mandated to select solely the gamers and never the help workers. Only AITA can reply that.”
India’s Squad:
Ankita Raina, Karman Kaur Thandi, Rutuja Bhosale, Sahaja Yamlapalli and Vaidehi Chaudhary.
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty (Reserve)
Captain: Shalini Thakur Chawla
Coach: Radhika Kanitkar.
Read all the Latest Sports News here
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed)
