Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna have been given direct entry for this year’s Hopman Cup on the basis of their surprise good show in the last edition.

The duo is the fourth team to be given direct entry for the 20th edition of the tournament slated from December 29 to January 4 in Perth. Last year, India qualified for the event after winning the inaugural Asian Hopman Cup. They went on to upset Croatia and the Czech Republic before losing to Spain.

Sania and Bopanna were undefeated in mixed doubles and finished second in their group last year, which led to the organisers extending a direct invite this time.