India begins its Fed Cup campaign on Wednesday staring at an uphill battle after being drawn with China, Uzbekistan and Thailand.
Sania Mirza will lead India’s challenge but the team is not likely to have much success against better opponents with Australian Open finalist Li Na (China), Mirza’s conqueror in the Asian Games semi-finals Akgul [...]

Sania Mirza overcame a fighting Vitalia Diatchenko in a tough three-setter to storm into thethird and final round of women’’s singles qualifying event ofthe Australian Open here today.
The 24th seed Indian scored a 6-4 6-7(9) 6-3 in one hour46 minutes in the second round.
The 145th ranked Sania will next face Canada’’s StephanieDubois.
Sania dropped her [...]