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Vishal Uppal (born 10 November 1976) is a
tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player from India. He participated in the
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in 2000 and 2002. He actually started playing cricket at school as a young boy, but switched to tennis at the age of 11. He played in Father O'Brien's tennis tournament at school and lost in the semifinals, but it made him determined to keep playing and to win. In 2002, he represented India in the Davis Cup and he won the men's doubles bronze with Mustafa Ghouse. He played in the Davis Cup in both 2000 and 2002. He graduated from the Shri Ram College of Commerce and coaches other students in tennis today including students at the Junior Davis Cup. He is also part of the junior AITA selection committee.


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Vishaal Uppal: Turning your Passion into a Profession
Career Ahead Magazine, October 2020 Living people 1976 births Indian male tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{India-tennis-bio-stub