Uppal confident that Indian women have enough depth to make it to playoffs

The Indian women’s tennis team is hoping to make it to the playoffs of the Billie Jean King Cup for the second year running and captain Vishal Uppal is confident that the team has enough depth to do so.

“Some may think playing at home as pressure, I look at it as an opportunity to show your skills. It’s about getting ready physically and mentally and focus on what we have to execute,” Uppal told The Hindu as the players sweated it out at the DLTA Stadium here on the second day of their preparations on Friday.

Four of the six members of the team — Ankita Raina, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Vaidehee Chaudhari — are the same as last year. Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale being the new additions as they have come in for Prarthana Thombare and Maaya Rajeshwaran.