US Fed Cup captain Zina Garrison has picked both Williams sisters in her squad to face Russia in next month's semi-final.
The duo defeated French pair Stephanie Foretz and Nicolas Devilder to enter the second round of the mixed doubles at the French Open.
Martina Navratilova will have the chance to crown her remarkable career with Olympic gold in August.
47-year-old Martina Navratilova and Lisa Raymond were also picked in the U.S. team for their Fed Cup first-round tie against Slovenia.
The United States beat the Netherlands 2-1 to claim their third Hopman Cup title in four years.
The Indo-American duo defeated American duo Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan 5-7, 7-6, 6-4.
The Indo-Russian pair shocked top seeds top seeds Paola Suarez and Todd Woodbridge in thr semis at the French Open.
A shoulder injury will keep the Indian ace out of the Grand Slam that has seen him win four titles.
Amelie Mauresmo crushed American Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2 6-1 on Sunday to power France to their second Fed Cup title.
Unseeded Frenchwoman Pierce upset Greek 14th seed Eleni Daniilidou to march into the Wimbledon third round.
The third seeded Indo-Russian pair lost to the US team of Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond, in the mixed doubles final of the French Open.
The Swiss outclassed American Lisa Raymond 6-2, 6-2 to reach the second round of the French Open.
However, Jelena Dokic was upset by qualifier Maria Vento-Kabchi in the Bank of the West Classic.
Multiple Grand Slam champions Serena and Venus Williams withdrew from women's doubles competition at the Australian Open on Wednesday before first round action got underway.
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Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis lifted their ninth title together this year beating the Spanish pair of Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro to clinch the WTA Finals women's doubles trophy, in Singapore, on Sunday.
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis thrashed Austrian-Hungarian fifth seeds Alexander Peya and Timea Babos 6-1, 6-1 to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon.
The top-seeded duo battled past the Rodionova sisters of Australia, Anastasia and Arina, 6-7, 6-3, 10-5 in their opening round match of the US $731,000 clay-court event.
To mark Prime Minister Modi's seventh meeting with Obama and his historic joint address to US Congress -- the sixth Indian PM to do so -- India Abroad, the newspaper published from New York and owned by rediff.com, reached out to diplomats and strategic thinkers in New Delhi and Washington, DC, to assess the current state of the US-India relationship and suggest a road map for the future.
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