Srinath, who will play the final of the first leg at Bangalore on Saturday against Artem Derepasko (Rus), is followed by the Russian in the list. Harsh Mankad and Vinod Sridhar, semi-finalists at Bangalore, are seeded eight and four respectively.

There are 12 Indians in the main draw and four wild cards -- Manoj Mahadevan, Saurav Panja, Anand Radhakrishnan and S K Shivshankar.

DIRECT ENTRY LIST

Pralhad Srinath (Ind), Artem Derepasko (Rus), Syed Fazaluddin (Ind), Sridhar Vinod (Ind), Sikanov Alexandra (Rus), Mazur Dimitri (Uzb), Kirtane Sandeep (Ind), Mankad Harsh (Ind), Kannan Vijay (Ind), Ford Ashley (Aus), Kirtane Nitin (Ind), Zaman Sanzaru (Ind), Ghouse Mustafa (Ind), Bourke Steven (Aus), Le Minh (Usa), Laad Vijendra (Ind), Kokurin Anton (Uzb), Bhat Ravi Kiran (Ind), Uppal Vishal (Ind), Sherazi Syed Nasir All(Pak).

WILD CARDS: Manoj Mahadevan (Ind), Saurav Panja (Ind), Anand Radhakrishna (Ind), S K Shivshankar (Ind)