BRATISLAVA, Jan 31, 2008 - Slovakia's top woman player Daniela Hantuchova will not play in this weekend's Fed Cup tie against the Czech Republic because of a heel injury, Slovak non-playing team captain Mojmir Mihal announced on Thursday.

　　"Daniela is still recovering. She has not been training this week and does not know when she will start training again," Mihal told the Sita news agency.

　　The Slovak squad, without the world's eighth ranked woman player, face an uphill battle to beat the Czechs in the World Group II clash in the eastern Czech city of Brno.

　　The Slovaks were whitewashed 5-0 in their Fed Cup clash against their neighbours last year in spite of playing at home.