| Sheetal & Payal are SOuth Asia's First Women Silver Badge Referee and Bronze Badge Chair Umpire |
| Sheetal Iyer and Payal Jain have joined the exclusive International Tennis Officiating league by becoming the first South Asian woman and the youngest Asian to become an Silver Badge Referee and Bronze Umpire at the Level III International Tennis Federation (ITF) Officiating examination held in Hong Kong recently.
Sheetal Iyer successfully completed the referee exam and has become South Asia’s first and the youngest Asian woman to earn a Silver Badge Referee status and join the elite band of International Tennis Federation Referees. Her younger sister Payal Jain also became the first and the youngest South Asian woman to become a Bronze Badge Chair Umpire, after successfully completing the Bronze badge umpiring school held during the same time at Hong Kong. Sheetal and Payal were among the select band of 8 officials and the only two from India who successfully completed the school from amongst 25 tennis officials from all over the world who attended the exam. |