(MENAFN- Kora) Pliskova now 22 broke through for her maiden wta tour title in malaysia last year coming from behind to beat bethanie mattek-sands in the final.
The twin of kristyna pliskova who is also playing at the indoor hard-court event the defending champion has form in south-east asia - as she reached the final of the pattaya open in thailand in february when she lost to ekaterina makarova.
Former world number one williams will be the star attraction at the wta international event with the american in title-winning form in 2014.
Williams won the title in dubai in february without dropping a set before round-of-16 exits in miami and charleston in the us swing.
Joining pliskova as a returning champion is hsieh su-wei with the taipei representative winning in 2012.
Hsieh has since added to her maiden title winning the guangzhou event later that year while in recent times she has occupied the top doubles ranking.
Australian open finalist dominika cibulkova is confirmed to appear and should take the top seeding while japanese veteran kimiko date-krumm will also be in the main draw.
Wildcard entrants include australia's jarmila gajdosova and greece's eleni daniilidou.
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