However, Sunil Kumar Sipaeya could not make the grade in the ITF tournament, as he crashed out in the quarter-finals.
The Indian tennis ace is among five sportspersons selected by the Delhi government for the award.\n\n
The Indian ace was beaten by Dmitry Mazur of Uzbekistan in the second leg of the ITF tournament.\n\n
Rutuja Bhosale voices her frustration over line calls during the Billie Jean King Cup, while Captain Vishal Uppal reflects on India's performance and looks ahead to the match against Mongolia.
India's Billie Jean King Cup team expresses confidence and readiness for the Asia-Oceania Group I ties despite an injury to Shrivalli Bhamidipaty. Captain Vishal Uppal highlights the team's depth and preparation, while players emphasise the advantage of home conditions and familiarity with opponents.
India's Billie Jean King Cup team is preparing for the Asia/Oceania Group I tournament in Delhi, with a focus on team unity and a blend of experienced players and rising stars.
Vaishnavi Adkar, following her recent success, has been selected for the Indian team participating in the Billie Jean King Cup Asia/Oceania Group I tie.
India is set to compete in the Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania Group I ties, aiming for promotion to the 2026 play-offs. Despite a setback with Shrivalli Bhamidipaty's withdrawal, the team hopes to capitalise on home advantage.
India lost to Thailand 1-2 in the opening Asia/Oceania Group I tie of the Billie Jean King Cup, with Rutuja Bhosale and Ankita Raina securing a consolation win in the doubles after Sahaja Yamalapalli's defeat in the singles.
The third seeded Pakistani upset the former India Davis Cupper and winner of the second leg in the ITF Satellite Masters tennis tournament.
Vishal Uppal set up a title clash with third seed Karan Rastogi in the ITF Men's Satellite Masters tennis tournament
Sunil Kumar Sipaeya beat Somdev Dev Varman while Vishal Uppal got the better of Vijay Kannan in the ITF Futures tennis championship.
Takeshi Itho of Japan accounted for the former while Mustafa Ghouse beat Stephen Amritraj in the ITF men's Satellite tournament.
The unseeded Indian Davis Cupper beat the sixth seed in straight sets in the ITF tournament.
Vishal Uppal beat Karan Rastogi to set up a title clash with Rohan Bopanna in National Grass Court championships
Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic was awarded the third wildcard at the Chennai Open.
Both advanced to the second round of the MSLTA-ITF Futures tournament.
Somdev Varman beat Frenchman Jordanne Doble to move into the singles final of the ONGC ITF Futures men's tennis tournament.
Indian favourite Karan Rastogi romped to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Amir Weintraub of Israel
The trio will be in action at the $25,000 ATP Challenger, beginning in Bangalore on Monday.\n\n
The Indian Davis Cupper battled for 172 minutes to get the better of Slovakia's Michal Mertinek in the ATP Challenger.
Former Davis Cupper Rohit Rajpal, who was already a member, has been elevated as Chairman.
The Indian youngsters were rewarded for their good form as they were named in India's Billie Jean King Cup squad.
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However, Sonal Phadke and Megha Vakaria were shocked in the women's doubles semi-finals.
Vishal Uppal and Ashuthosh Singh meet Tomas Behrend (Germany) and Robin Vik (Czech) 8in the first round at the Chennai Open.
The Indian shocked top-seed Alexey Kedriouk of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the ITF Satellite event
The Indian challenge in the men's singles ended with the ouster of Punna Vishal.
Rohan Bopanna, Sunil Kumar Sipaeya, Manoj Mahadevan and Vinod Sridhar made it to the second round in the Delhi leg of the tournament.\n\n
Brian Hung of Hong Kong was his conqueror in the first round of the ITF Satellite tournament.
Mahesh Bhupathi, Prakash Amritraj and Rohan Bopanna have been included in the original squad, announced last week.
The organisers sprung a surprise by awarding the third wild card to Bartolome Salva-Vidal of Spain.
While Karan Rastogi was beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Lukasz Kubot in the first round of the Dharwad ATP Challenger
All four contenders from the host country were shown the door in the quarter-finals of the US $25,000 event.
The Kolkata-based lad beat Yew-Ming Si of Malaysia to enter the second round in the MSLTA-ITF Satellite tournament.
Peter Clarke beat Prima Simatiaji while Salifu went through after Vishal Uppal concede the match due to an ankle injury, in the semi-final of the ITF Satellite Masters.
However, his compatriots Vishal Uppal, Vinod Sridhar and Rohan Bopanna were eliminated from the ITF Futures Tennis Championship.
The duo beat Israel's Dekel Valtzer and Ashutosh Singh in the doubles final of the Futures tournament.
The top seeds beat the Belgian duo of Christophe Rochus and Tom Van Houdt to progress to the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open.
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