Sania Mirza becomes first Indian to be nominated for Fed Cup Heart award
Sania Mirza played an integral role as India secured a first-ever place in the playoffs of Fed Cup. She won the decisive doubles encounter in Group 1 match.
Sania Mirza played an integral role as India secured a first-ever place in the playoffs of Fed Cup. She won the decisive doubles encounter in Group 1 match.
India had started the Fed Cup Group stage with a defeat to China but have since gone on to win four matches in a row to finish second.
The ITF named the new venue after moving out the Fed Cup matches from then Chinese city of Dongguan due to Coronoavirus threat.
Sania Mirza 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.
Mladenovic took the court first at RAC Arena in this west-coast city and silenced the home crowd with a dominating 6-1, 6-1 win over Croatian-born Ajla Tomljanovic late on Saturday.
Serena told reporters on Friday that her path back had been full of "ups and downs" but credited her sister with helping her find her rhythm.
Despite Ankita Raina’s heroics, India went down 1-2 to China in a Pool A tie of the Fed Cup tennis…
Serena last played Fed Cup in April 2015, when she won two singles matches in a World Group playoff loss to Italy in Brindisi.
Ankita Bhambri will play the role of captain and coach.
Laldanmawia Ralte's 89th-minute header settled the tie in Aizawl FC's favour.
