Headliner
Sania Mirza's participation is still in doubt due to a wrist injury, but the Sunfeast Open has a potential blockbuster in wait as the No. 3-seeded Indian princess opens against American-based Indian wildcard
Sunitha Rao.
Other seeds are
Marion Bartoli, Daniela Hantuchiva,
Maria Kirilenko,
Alla Kudryavtseva,
Flavia Pennetta, Yung-Jan Chan, and
Yaroslava Shvedova.
The top-seeded Bartoli opens against American
Vania King, the No. 7-seeded Pennetta against Indian wildcard Tara Iyer, and the No. 4 Kirilenko against American-Indian qualifier
Neha Uberoi.
In the 2006 final the top-seeded
Martina Hingis beat unseeded Russian
Olga Poutchkova 6-0, 6-4.
