Mirza, 19, said she would no longer be the surprise package after becoming the first Indian to win a WTA tour event and soaring more than 100 rankings places to 34.

Mirza will line up against four of the world's top 10 here less than two weeks before the Australian Open, where she reached the third round as a wildcard entry last year.

The Hyderabad Open champion also became the first Indian woman to make the fourth round of a Grand Slam before being knocked out of the US Open by top seed Maria Sharapova.

Her success has generated huge expectation in her home country but the teenager said she had set only modest goals for the season.

World number one Lindsay Davenport, second-ranked Kim Clijsters, defending champion Elena Dementieva and the Williams sisters are also appearing here, along with Czech star Nicole Vaidisova and China's Zheng Jie.