World number one junior Noppawan Lertcheewakarn will face Israel’s seventh seed Shahar Peer in the US$220,000 event of which the main draw begins tomorrow.

Nicha Lertpitaksinchai, the other Thai in the tournament, will meet India’s Sania Mirza who won the Australian Open mixed doubles title last Sunday.

Top seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia will take on Slovenia’s Andreja Klepac in the first round while another Russian Nadia Petrova was forced to pull out due to injury.