The Indian workforce for World Deaf Tennis Championship on the National Stadium in Delhi, on the eve of its departure for Greece, on Wednesday.| Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan

The Indian workforce had a rigorous coaching camp on the clay courts of the Dhyan Chand National Stadium, previous to its departure for the Deaf World Tennis Championship to be staged in Crete, Greece, from September 23 to October 7.

Chief coach Dr. Stalin Nagaraj was optimistic that the workforce would put up efficiency. He was joyful that there could be a youth part this time, aside from the occasions for women and men.

There was some anxiousness because the youth gamers didn't get the visa, however the intervention of the External Affairs Ministry ensured a immediate and constructive response from the Embassy.

The spearhead of the workforce, Prithvi Sekar, who has gained a string of medals together with the singles gold in 2019 within the World Deaf Championship, is in Bulgaria for the World Railways championship.

He will likely be competing within the World Railways Games together with the opposite Railways gamers, P.C. Vignesh, Nitin Kumar Sinha and Siddarth Ponnala. “I will be competing in the team event of the World Deaf championship”, mentioned Prithvi from Bulgaria.

The first week of the World Deaf championship will function particular person occasions, singles, doubles, and combined doubles.

Dhananjay Dubey would be the lone Indian males’s entry, until Prithvi joins the squad in Greece, for the workforce championship scheduled to be staged from October 1.

The Indian ladies’s workforce has Jafreen Shaik and Bhavani Kedia. The skilled Jafreen is predicted to compete in all of the three occasions throughout the person championship.

Arshit and Sivaji Pilla are the 2 youth gamers who will attempt to assert their sport within the World Championship.