India begins their campaign in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I Federation Cup with a relatively easy tie against Indonesia in Bangkok on Wednesday.
India Fed Cup captain Enrico Piperno says players like Sunitha Rao and Shikha Uberoi should not worry about losing their US passports if they really want to represent India in international tennis events.
India's decision to rest star player Sania Mirza in the opening match itself against Indonesia backfired as they lost 1-2 in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group 1 Federation Cup tournament in Bangkok on Wednesday.
Reader Nikhil Suvarna sent us a picture of Sania Mirza from New York.
India's Isha Lakhani has been given a wild card entry to participate in the $ 600,000 Bangalore Open, kicking off in the Karnataka capital on March 3.
The Hyderabadi girl also gained two spots to 38 in the latest doubles' rankings.
The second-seeded mixed doubles combination of Mahesh Bhupathi and Shikha Uberoi were knocked out in the first round.
The Indian tennis contingent arrived in Doha for the Asian Games minus Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi.
India finished fourth in the Fed Cup zonal competition after losing 0-3 to Uzbekistan.
The 20-year-old is attracting huge crowds and adding a big dose of glamour to the Asian Games tennis competitions.
She helped India recover from an early deficit and edge out hosts New Zealand 2-1 in their third rubber of the Fed Cup Asia-Oceania Zone Qualifiers.
Sunitha Rao and Shikha Uberoi scored impressive wins as India beat Kazakhstan 3-0 in their opening rubber of the Fed Cup zonal qualifiers.
After a week's break, the Indian ace returns to the circuit at the Qatar Open where she takes on Romina Oprandi in the first round.
The Indian ace and Italy's Mara Santangelo got the better of Neha and Shikha Uberoi 6-3, 6-1 at the Bangalore Open.
Sania Mirza and Marta Domachowska beat Natalie Grandin and Milagros Sequera 6-4, 6-3 in the first round in Cincinnati
Shikha Uberoi will take on world number 133 Yaroslava Shvedova of Russia in her opening match at the WTA Bangalore Open.
Fourth seed Sania Mirza entered the singles quarter-finals, but teammate Shikha Uberoi retired from the tennis event due to exhaustion.
Hsieh and Chuang Chia-jung produced a masterly display in the deciding doubles to overcome Sania Mirza and Shikha Uberoi and clinch the gold.
The Indian women's tennis team took an unassailable 2-0 lead over Uzbekistan in the semi-finals at the Doha Asian Games on Wednesday.
Victories over the Philippines and Chinese Taipei put India in sight of a place in the final in the Asia-Oceania zonal qualifying round.
The US-based Indian lass was beaten by qualifier Andreja Klepac of Slovenia in the first round of the Wismilak International.
The US-based Indian went down to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the third round of the qualifiers.
In another match at the Sunfeast Open, wild card Kyra Shroff was virtually given tennis lessons by eighth seed Chinese Taipei's Yung-Jan Chan before bowing out.
They set up a second round clash with Shikha Uberoi and Jelena Jankovic at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford.
Shikha Uberoi went down to Meghann Shaughnessy of the US in the second round of the Pacific Life Open.
The Indian teenager jumped three places to 38th in the latest WTA rankings on Monday.\n
Juan Carlos Ferrero's struggle for form continued at the Marseille Open on Tuesday where the former world number stumbled in straight sets in the first round against Joachim Johansson.
She climbed two places to be on 35th in the latest ratings announced on Monday.
Anastasia Myskina won the singles and doubles titles at the Sunfeast Open
The fourth seeded Indo-Spanish pair beat Sunitha Rao and Villmarie Castellvi 6-1, 6-3
The two players registered contrasting victories in the qualifiers to make it to the main draw of the Sunfeast Open.
Shikha Uberoi and Sania Mirza scored straight set victories in the third and final pool engagement of the Fed Cup Tennis Asia/Oceania Zonal qualifying round.
Rain prevented play on the opening day of the Asia-Oceania zonal qualifying round in Seoul.
India's world No. 32 should have it easy when she takes on Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the first round of the Australian Open.
Ankita Bhambri and Rushmi Chakravarthy are the other two members of the team that will be coached by Enrico Piperno.
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 US-based Indian was beaten by Germany's Greta Arn in the final singles qualifying round at the $175,000 Bell Challenge.
Both lost in the qualification round of the Grand Slam tournament.
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