Indian cue-sport stars Vidya Pillai and Sundeep Gulati are travelling to Australia for the 2025 WPA Heyball Champion of Champions. Read their profiles, achievements, and how Global Visa Internationals (GVI) secured their sports visas to make this trip possible.

Vidya Pillai — "Queen of the Green"

Vidya Viswanathan Pillai is one of India’s most respected cue-sport athletes. A veteran of international snooker and related cue disciplines, she’s won multiple national titles and international medals across snooker and heyball formats. Her long list of achievements and awards (including national championships and notable international podiums) make her a natural leader for Indian teams on big stages.

Most recently Vidya has been collecting top honours in 2025 heyball competitions (including national and commonwealth-level successes), which helped qualify her for the Champion of Champions event in Australia.

Sundeep Gulati — the steady contender

Sundeep Gulati is a seasoned cue-sports player with strong showings in national pool and snooker events over the years. His player profile lists a number of national-level wins and international representations — a career built on persistence and clutch performances. Sundeep’s strong 2025 heyball form at the national championships earned him a ticket to the Champion of Champions lineup in Brisbane, Australia.

The tournament — 2025 WPA Heyball Champion of Champions (Brisbane)

The 2025 Champion of Champions is staged at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre and gathers winners and top finishers from national and regional heyball events. It’s an opportunity to play under the WPA banner with attractive prize money and media exposure — a career milestone for any player.

How GVI (Global Visa Internationals) helped — speeding athletes to the start line

At Global Visa Internationals (GVI), we know athletes don’t get second chances at once-in-a-career opportunities. When Vidya and Sundeep qualified for the WPA Champion of Champions, they needed one thing above all: a smooth, reliable visa process so they could focus on training, not paperwork.

What GVI did for them:

• Managed the entire Australia visa application end-to-end (document checklist, appointment scheduling, and follow-up).
• Coordinated athlete-specific requirements (letters from federations, tournament invites, travel itineraries).
• Provided priority handling where permissible, and clear communication so athletes and coaches always knew the next step.

Result: both players got their travel authorizations in time and left with full focus on competition and performance.

Note: GVI facilitated their visa process at the athletes’ request and in cooperation with their teams and tournament organizers.

Our values — how GVI treats athletes & clients

At Global Visa Internationals we’re built on three core promises:

1. People-first service — we treat every client like a teammate: respectful, transparent, and proactive.
2. Speed + accuracy — paperwork handled fast, but correctly — because a single missing document can derail months of preparation.
3. Privacy & integrity — client documents and personal data are handled with the strictest confidentiality and ethical standards.

We pair industry knowledge with white-glove service so athletes arrive at tournaments calm and ready to win. Learn more about our visa refusal assistance if your past applications faced challenges.

Why this matters for Indian cue sports

When veterans like Vidya and steady competitors like Sundeep reach international podiums, it does more than add trophies to cabinets — it raises the profile of heyball and snooker at home, inspires juniors, and opens doors for sponsorship and development programs. GVI sees itself as a small but crucial partner in that ecosystem: removing travel hurdles so athletes can do what they do best.

Call to action — need a visa for sport or travel?

If you’re an athlete, coach, or federation planning international competition, GVI can prepare a tailored plan: document audit, federation coordination, visa submission, and travel kit. Contact us today — and let the paperwork be our problem, not yours.