Pictures of TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP IN HONG KONG

WHO WILL TRIUMPH?

From left, tennis players Sania Mirza of India, Zheng Jie of China, Alexandra Panova of Russia, Anna Chakvetadze of Russia, Vera Zvonareva of Russia and Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, pose at the news conference in Hong Kong on Monday.

ALL SET

From left, tennis players Vera Zvonareva of Russia, Alexandra Panova of Russia, Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, and Anna Chakvetadze of Russia attend the news conference in Hong Kong Monday, Jan 5, 2009.

COCO VANDEWEGHE

Tennis player Coco Vandeweghe of U.S. attends the news conference in Hong Kong Monday. Coco belongs to team America along with Venus Williams and Gisela Dulko.

SANIA MIRZA

Tennis player Sania Mirza, attends the news conference in Hong Kong Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 The best two players of each team will play singles, while the third best, considered to be a "future star", will play doubles with one of the singles players. 

ZHENG JIE

Zheng Jie of China attends the news conference in Hong Kong Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. She belongs to team Asia-Pacific that includes Zheng Jie, Sania Mirza, Zhang Ling.

ANNA CHAKYETADZE

Tennis player Anna Chakvetadze of Russia attends the news conference in Hong Kong. Anna belongs to team Russia that includes Vera Zvonareva, Anna Chakvetadze, Alexandra Panova.

JELENA JANKOVIC

Tennis player Jelena Jankovic of Serbia attends the news conference in Hong Kong on Monday, Jan 5, 2009. She belongs to team Europe that includes Jelena Jankovic, Agnes Szavay, Michelle Larcher de Brito.

THE TEAM

The JB Group Classic is a world team event featuring Europe, Russia, Team Americas and Asia Pacific. Heading up these teams are World No 1 Jelena Jankovic, Wimbledon Champion Venus Williams and crowd favourite Zheng Jie from China. A total of 12 players make up a star-studded field. Tennis players from left, Sania Mirza of India, Zheng Jie of China, Vera Zvonareva of Russia, Alexandra Panova of Russia, Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, Anna Chakvetadze of Russia, Agnes Szavay of Hungary, Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal, Gisela Dulko of Argentina and Coco Vandeweghe of the U.S. attend the news conference in Hong Kong.