India meet Japan in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group I first round tie in Delhi, from February 7 to 9.
Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna won the doubles match 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 to help India to a 1-0 lead against Kazakhstan.
Debutant Vivek Shokeen lost 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 to Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin in the opening Davis Cup rubber.
India will have to contend with none other than 14-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal as Spain today named a full strength team for the upcoming Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie. Apart from world number five Nadal, who lost in the fourth round at the US Open, Spain has packed the side with world number 13 David Ferrer, world number 18 Feliciano Lopez and Mark Lopez (world number 19 in doubles).
Mahesh Bhupathi, Prakash Amritraj, Rohan Bopanna and Harsh Mankad are the other members of the team for the April 9 - 11 tie.
India's Davis Cup captain will get Rs 250,000 for his fine showing in the Davis Cup match against New Zealand earlier this month.
The former world No.1 pair gave India a 2-1 lead over New Zealand in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group 1 first round tie after winning the doubles.
Mankad is likely to be named India's number one player for the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group I first round tie against New Zealand.
The selection committee has picked World No. 246 Prajnesh as Yuki's replacement as he is the next best singles ranked player.
The showers started just before the start of the second singles match between India's Rohan Bopanna and Alistair Hunt.
New Zealand captain Glenn Wilson said the inexperience of his team on grass would be the biggest problem in the Davis Cup tie in Kolkata.
Rohan Bopanna and Prakash Amritraj lost their respective singles matches on the opening day of the Davis Cup tie against Korea
Prakash Amritraj beat Wang Yu of China to give India a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup.
Harsh Mankad packed off Sun Peng in straight sets to give India a 1-0 lead in the Davis Cup tie against China.
Rohan Bopanna advised the Indian youngsters to get fitter to negotiate the challenging conditions after he had to play the fourth rubber of Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie against South Korea instead of Saketh Myneni who skipped due to fitness issues.
India's captain Anand Amritraj said it was "initiation by fire" for both Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan as they pulled off victories in the opening singles of the Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie against South Korea, under testing conditions, in Chandigarh on Friday.
The ace doubles pair beat Thomas Shimada and Takahiro Terachi in the doubles rubber of the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I tie.
Leander Paes beat Takao Suzuki after Prakash Amritraj lost to Gouichi Motomura in the opening singles of the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group I tennis match.
Leander Paes beat Simon Rea to guide India to a 3-2 win over New Zealand in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group 1 first round.
Spain's World No 5 Rafael Nadal has been ruled out of opening singles rubber against India in their Davis Cup World Group play-off in New Delhi on Friday.
Mark Nielsen and Alistair Hunt are raring to go in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania tie against India.
India's top tennis pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi on Saturday beat Japan's Thomas Shimada and Jun Kato 6-2 6-2 6-3.
Leander Paes beat Takao Suzuki in the second match to enable India draw level in the Asia-Oceania Group-1 tie.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
India will begin their campaign by locking horns with China on Tuesday. Ankita has been in tremendous form since the start of the season, winning two ITF singles and as many doubles titles.
This is Sania Mirza's first tournament since her return to the circuit after a two-year break.
World No 1 Sania Mirza was, on Monday, named captain of the Indian team for next year's Fed Cup while two six-member squads were announced by the AITA selection panel for the South Asian Games.
Leander Paes and his new partner Andre Sa shocked the top-seeded pair of Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi in the ASB Classic in Auckland, to commence their partnership on a successful note on Wednesday.
Yuki Bhambri opted out of the upcoming Davis Cup match against Korea Republic after failing to recover from an elbow injury. His withdrawal will hand Ramkumar Ramanathan his debut in men's tennis' premier international team event.
China beat Australia 2-0 in the Fed Cup tie, while India registered a 2-1 victory over Korea to finish third.
They need to beat Thailand to advance to the World Group finals.
Ramkumar Ramanthan played his heart out before losing a tight second round singles match while Purav Raja and Divij Sharan bowed out of the men's doubles in the first round of the qualifiers at Wimbledon on Thursday.
According to Davis Cup regulations, the Pakistan Tennis Federation now has five working days to choose and confirm their proposed venue.
Vishnu Vardhan scripted a clinical singles victory and then combined with Divij Sharan to win the heart-stopping doubles rubber as India's young guns lived up to the expectations by winning the Davis Cup Group 1 relegation play-off tie against New Zealand in Chandigarh on Saturday.
After being left out of the Davis Cup for the first time in 27 years, an angry Paes had on Thursday lashed out at Bhupathi, accusing his former partner of flouting selection criteria.
