Pakistani female tennis players will participate in the forthcoming Fed Cup to be held in Thailand after a gap of more than one decade.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani female tennis players will participate in the forthcoming Fed Cup to be held in Thailand after a gap of more than one decade.

President Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Syed Kaleem Imam and Secretary PTF the Mumtaz Yousaf have made a detailed programme for the youth to groom them to an extent that they are able to match the finest players in the game at international level.

The last women's team participated in the Fed Cup in 1999 and thereafter no heed was paid by the previous administration in grooming the female tennis players particularly at the grassroots level, said a press release issued here on Saturday.

Pakistan's U-14 team is also being sent to Myanmar for participation in the ITF 14 and Under Asian Tennis Championships 2011 from where the potential players will be selected by the ITF for grooming.

PTF has made public a four-year-plan to promote the game and enable the players to prepare themselves accordingly for the competitions.

Pakistan team comprise Ushna Suhail, Sara Mehboob, Sara Manzoor and Saba Aziz.