The opening day's play in the Fed Cup Asia-Oceania zonal qualifying tennis tie in Seoul, Korea, was washed out on Wednesday without a ball being hit due to rain.

India [ Images ] were to take on the Philippines in their first match in Pool 'B', with Shikha Uberoi scheduled to play the first singles and Sania Mirza [ Images ] the second.

Chinese Taipei and New Zealand [ Images ] are the other teams in Pool 'B', while hosts Korea, Australia [ Images ] and Uzbekistan form Pool 'A'

The best team from each pool plays the final, the winner of which qualifies for the World Group 2 play-off in July.