Tennis: Williams sisters named in Fed Cup squad

WHITE PLAINS: Serena and Venus Williams were named in the US squad to host Belarus in a Fed Cup first-round tie in Massachusetts. US captain Mary Joe Fernandez said the Williams sisters would be joined by Christina McHale and top doubles player Liezel Huber when the team hosts a Belarus side likely to include world number three Victoria Azarenka from February 4. Serena, 30, will make her first Fed Cup appearance since 2007 while Venus, 31, will mark her first appearance in sanctioned competition since the 2011 US Open, when she revealed she had been diagnosed with an auto-immune disorder.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 26^th, 2012.