Former Davis Cupper Rohit Rajpal, who was already a member, has been elevated as Chairman.
Top seed Ankita Bhambri of India set up a title clash with qualifier Ito Kazusa of Japan at the Mumbai ITF tournament
India's Ankita Bhambri has been awarded a wild card at the Hyderabad Open.
Russian star Daniil Medvedev and Indian veteran Rohan Bopanna will play in the same squad, while Sumit Nagal is part of a side that features former world number 6 Gael Monfils for the World Tennis League, to be held In Bengaluru from December 17 to 20.
The Indian girl suffered an ankle injury and conceded the match while trailing 3-6, 0-3 the ITF women's tournament.
The victory earned the eighth seed a final meeting with top seed Rushmi Chakravarthi in the ITF women's tournament in Chennai.
The seventh seed stagved off a late fightback from the Delhi girl to advance to the quarter-finals in the ITF Futures tournament.
The fifth seed will take on top seed Liza Pereira in the semi-finals of the ITF tournament.
Ankita Bhambri faltered at the final step, losing to Tamaryn Hendler of Belgium in the final of US $25,000 ITF event in Lagos on Sunday. After losing the first set, Bhambri staged a strong comeback to level scores but could not continue the momentum in the deciding set to lose 3-6, 6-2, 3-6.
The top seed beat Ankita Bhambri 7-6, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the ITF women's tennis tournament in New Delhi.
The posted contrasting victories over Liza Pereira and Shruti dhawan in the semis of the ITF Masters.
Ankita Bhambri overcame Indonesia's Sandy Gumulya to put India 1-0 up in the Fed Cup women's team tennis competition.
Ankita Bhambri had an easy outing as her opponent Shikha Uberoi of USA, retired due to a back spasm in the ITF Women's Tennis Championship.
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They scored easy wins over Shruti Dhawan and Archana Venkataraman respectively in the semi-finals.
Reigning national champion Isha Lakhani continued her winning streak by progressing to the semi-finals while her compatriot Ankita Bhambri crashed out of the $ 25,000 ITF event in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Indian lass recovered after losing the first set to get past the Indonesian in the first round of the ITF tournament.
The two players registered contrasting victories in the qualifiers to make it to the main draw of the Sunfeast Open.
The defeat will rankle the Indian pair all the more as Bopanna is a top-10 player in doubles while Bhambri too is ranked among the top-100. The Uzbekis are not even in the top-300.
Former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev, Australian Nick Kyrgios and 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina, are set to enthrall fans in India when the World Tennis League makes its debut, in Bengaluru, on December 17.
The Delhi girl stormed into the semifinals with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 win over Isha Lakhani at the $10,000 ITF Women's Championship.
Shikha Uberoi carved out a fluent 6-1, 6-3 victory over Ryoko Fuda of Japan in the first round of the Sunfeast Open.
The sixth seed will meet unseeded Thai challenger Thassha Vitayaviroj in the semi-finals of the ITF women's tournament.
Sania will be carrying the leadership mantle for the Fed Cup next week.
The third seed easily beat Isha Lakhani in the final.
Ankita and Sana were beaten in the first round of the ITF women's tournament.
India's leading juniors posted contrasting semi-final victories in the Asian junior tennis championships.
However, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Ankita Raina's campaign ended in the first round itself.
Karman struggled to contain her unforced errors but prevailed 6-3 6-4 win over Eudice Chong to give India a 1-0 lead in the Asia/Oceania Group I tie.
Ankita and Sanaa, made premature exits from the main draw in the University of Mumbai ITF Women's US $25,000 Tennis Tournament at the Kalina Campus, in Mumbai, on Monday
Sania Mirza will lead the Indian campaign in the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II competition as selectors on Sunday named a six-member squad, which also has fast rising talent Poojashree Venkatesh.
Isha Lakhani and Ankita Bhambri won their singles matches against Philippines.
She beat Ankita Bhambri 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 scoreline in a keenly-contested match at the DLTA courts in New Delhi.
Doubles star Sania Mirza returned to the Indian Fed Cup team after four years as she was named in the five-member squad, which features country's top singles player Ankita Raina. Sania last played Fed Cup in 2016 and has been out of action since October 2017 as she took a two-year break to start a family.
India finished fourth in the Fed Cup zonal competition after losing 0-3 to Uzbekistan.
Since Yuki Bhambri, ranked 94, is likely to make the cut for the US Open, the AITA selection committee exempted him.
Ankita also shrugged off poor umpiring to emerge a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 winner in two hours and 25 minutes against a player, who was ranked as high as 27 last year and had beaten top-10 players.
India's Ankita Raina crashed out of the the French Open qualifiers with a 3-6, 6-7 defeat at the hands of Evgeniya Rodina of Russia in the women's singles first round in Paris.
Unseeded Yamini Thukkaiandi caused an upset, beating seventh seed Preety Rao in the ITF tournament.
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