The world No. 13 will be the top attraction at the September 18-24 WTA tournament in Kolkata.
The two are headed for a possible showdown in the Australian Open quarterfinal
Martina Hingis has been drawn to play Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round of the Sydney International.
The Indian tennis ace began the year at a career-best 31 on the WTA charts.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo, Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis also revelled in improved conditions following the rain-soaked start to the French Open.
The unseeded Indo-Belgian pair beat the Argentine duo of Jose Acasuso and Sebastian Prieto in the men's doubles at the French Open.
The seventh seeds were subdued 6-1, 7-6 (4) by Janko Tipsarevic and Mikhail Youzhny
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The Belgian advanced to the German Open semi-finals with a 6-4, 7-6 victory over Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.
India's tennis star Rohan Bopanna picked young Saketh Myneni over the legendary Leander Paes as his choice of partner for the men's doubles event at the Rio Games, on Friday.
She defeated Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-0, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Zurich Open.
The quarter-final loss at the Tashkent Open brought another plunge in her ranking.
Sania Mirza's dream run at the Korea Open came to an end as she went down guns blazing to Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the women's singles quarter-finals.
Sweden ended Germany's hopes of a third women's World Cup win, coming from behind for a surprise 2-1 quarter-final victory on Saturday thanks to goals from Sofia Jakobsson and Stina Blackstenius.
The Swiss ace proved too good for Russia's Olga Poutchkova in the final.
18-year-old Russian Olga Poutchkova clinched her maiden WTA final appearance beating Uzbek qualifier Iroda Tulyaganova.
Hingis dropped just one game in the straight set win.
The Indian ace will clash with Martin Hingis for a berth in the final of the Sunfeast Open.
The Swiss ace overcame a late fightback from Israel's Tzipora Obziler to make the grade at the Sunfeast Open.
Former world number one Martina Hingis romped to a 6-1 6-2 victory over Hungary's Melinda Czink in the first round of the Kolkata Open on Monday.
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Leading the field at the US $175,000 event will be former World No. 1 Martina Hingis and India's teenage sensation Sania Mirza.
The defending champions got a walk over from Argentine Lucas Arnold and Angelique Widjaja of Indonesia in the second round.
Martina Hingis reached the final of the Montreal Cup after Anna Chakvetadze retired.
Juventus began the season with a 3-0 win over third division Martina Franca in the Italian Cup first round.
The Swiss beat Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 7-6, 6-3 in their quarter-final match the Rogers Cup.
Amelie Mauresmo pummeled Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-2 in the semi-final of the Qatar Open.
The two will meet in the semi-final of the Dubai Open on Friday
In another quarter-final at the Dubai Open, Russian third seed Maria Sharapova beat Switzerland's Martina Hingis.
Second seed Maria Sharapova crushed defending champion Mary Pierce 6-2 6-3, setting up a last four clash with Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, who beat number four Elena Dementieva 6-4 6-3.
Top seed Kim Clijsters edged past Jelena Jankovic, while Maria Sharapova beat fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva at the Acura Classic.
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Gianluigi Buffon has decided to stay at Juventus despite the club being demoted to Serie B.
Martina Hingis crushed Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-1 to set up a semi-final clash with Maria Sharapova in Tokyo
The top seeded pair beat the unseeded combination of Abigail Spears of the United States and Mexico's Santiago Gonzalez 6-1, 2-6, 11-9 in a thrilling mixed doubles final.
The former world number one pulverised Cho Yoon-Jeong 6-0, 6-0 at the Pan Pacific Open
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