Organisers named Mirza along with Russian world number eight Elena Dementieva, the Czech Republic's 15-ranked Nicole Vaidisova and China national games champion Zheng Jie, ranked 44 in the world, for the January 4-7 event.They will join the world's top two players Lindsay Davenport and Kim Clijsters as starters for the tournament, seen as an important warm-up for the Australian Open later in the month.
Mirza, ranked 31, became the first Indian woman tennis player to enter the fourth round of a Grand Slam at the US Open in September.
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