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Tamil Nadu Wheelchair Tennis Players Selected for World Team Cup

The All India Tennis Association (AITA) announces the team selection for India’s maiden participation in BNP Paribas World Team Cup Regional Qualification event to be held from 9th to 16th May 2021 at Vilamoura, Portugal.

The Indian side will contest for one of the four Regional Qualification spots available to reach the World Group event of BNP Paribas World Team Cup 2021.

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Wheelchair Tennis Players – From Left Mariyappan Durai, Balachandran, Karthick and Sekar.

10 nations – Great Britain, France, Japan, Argentina, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, USA, Korea Rep. and Brazil – who have received direct entries and two Wild Card entries, will complete the 16-team field of the World Team Cup World Group event.

Following players are selected to represent India for the BNP Paribas World Team Cup Regional Qualifier for
Asia/Oceania:

  1. Mariappan Durai ( Tamil Nadu )
  2. Shekar Veeraswamy ( Karnataka )
  3. Karthik Karunakaran ( Tamil Nadu )
  4. Balachandra S (Reserve) ( Tamil Nadu)

The Asia/Oceania regional qualifying are being held in Portugal this year due to challenges and uncertainty presented by the Covid-19 pandemic and to minimise the risk of disruption for both the Qualification and World Group events.