Ankita Raina and Sania Mirza to lead Indian challenge

The participating six Nations – China P.R., Chinese Taipei, India, Indonesia, Korea Republic and Uzbekistan – at the Fed Cup Asia Oceania Group I tournament have nominated their players for the round-robin event which is scheduled to take place in Dubai from 3 ^rd to 7 ^th March.

27-year-old Ankita Raina ranked 176 ^th on WTA rankings will be the highest ranked Indian player in the tournament while India’s most successful female tennis player, Sania Mirza, returns to Fed Cup where she last played in 2016 and was out of action since October 2017 on maternity leave.

Joining them in India’s quest to qualify for Fed Cup Play-Offs in April are Riya Bhatia (Age: 22, WTA Rank: 349), Rutuja Bhosale (Age: 23, WTA Rank: 458) and Karman Kaur Thandi (Age: 21, WTA Rank: 587). Former Davis Cupper Vishal Uppal will be the Team Captain and Ankita Bhambri, a former Fed Cup player herself, will be the Coach of the Indian side during the competition.

Here are the team nominations of other five participating nations:

China P.R.: Qiang Wang (WTA Rank: 28), Shuai Zhang (30), Saisai Zheng (37), Shuai Peng (104), Yifan Xu (Ranking NA).
Captain: Weiguang Yang

Chinese Taipei: Su-Wei Hsieh (40), En-Shuo Liang (206), Ya-Yi Yang (845), Yung-Jan Chan (NA), Hao-Ching Chan (NA).

Captain: Yi-Ning Wong

Indonesia: Aldila Sutjiadi (374), Priska Madelyn Nugroho (NA), Janice Tjen (NA).

Captain: Deddy Tedjamukti

Korea Republic: Na-Lae Han (183), Su Jeong Jang (317), Dabin Kim (341), Ji-Hee Choi (757), Na-Ri Kim (1259).

Captain: Young-Ja Choi

Uzbekistan: Sabina Sharipova (363), Akgul Amanmuradova (398), Nigina Abduraimova (518), Yasmina Karimjanova (NA), Setora Normuradova (NA).
Captain: Samuk Abidov