INDIA has won its way into this year’s Hopman Cup in Perth with a straight-sets win over Chinese Taipei in the inaugural Asian Hopman Cup in Hyderabad, India. World No.66 Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna won the $US20,000 ($A25,642) prize money and also the vacant eighth spot in this year’s main event at the Burswood Dome in Perth starting on December 30.

Both Mirza and Bopanna survived 90-minute matches to beat I-Hsuan Hwang and Ti Chen respectively. Mirza won 6-2 6-4 and Bopanna 6-3 6-4.

The Indians now join Spain, the Czech Republic and Croatia in Group B of the Hopman Cup. The 20-year-old Mirza said the win was one of the proudest moments of her life, especially coming in front of a passionate home-town crowd.