Doha: India were assured of a medal in the Asian Games tennis event with the women's team cruising into the final by taking an unsassailable 2-0 lead against Uzbekistan here tonight.

The women's team comprising Sania Mirza and Shikha Uberoi will now take on Taipei in the final tomorrow.

While Sania, ranked 67th in the world had an easy outing, Shikha had to sweat it out before quelling the spirited challenge of Akgul Amanmuradova with a hard-fought 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 victory in a marathon tussle which lasted 189 minutes.

Sania hardly had to break a sweat in the second singles by getting the better of iroda Tulyaganova with a straight set 6-3 6-0 verdict in a lop-sided contest which lasted just 54 minutes.

In the other women's team semi-final, Taipei defeated a sprited japan 2-1.

In the men's team semi-final, Japan got the better of Thailand 2-1 while Korea prevailed over Taipei with an identical margin.