World No. 1 Lindsay Davenport and three of the four reigning Grand Slam champions — Australian Open champion Serena Williams, Wimbledon winner Venus Williams and U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters — will start the 2006 season with a splash.Next month's Watsons Water Champion Challenge, an exhibition event which begins on Wednesday, January 4th at the Victoria Park Tennis Stadium in Hong Kong.
In addition to the singles action, Clijsters is scheduled to partner India's Sania Mirza to take on the Williams sisters in a doubles duel scheduled for Thursday, January 5th.
Defending champion Elena Dementieva will be back to defend her title. A year ago, Dementieva defeated Venus Williams, 6-3, 6-2, in the final.
Nicole Vaidisova, ranked 15th, and 44th-ranked Zheng Jie of China are also entered in the draw. The second-seeded Clijsters will face Zheng Jie on January 6th.
For more information, please visit Watsons Water Challenge.com.
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