Indian Open: Mehta to lead hosts' challenge

VISAKHAPATNAM: The fourth edition of the £300,000 Indian Open world-ranking tournament that gets under way at the Novotel here on Tuesday has attracted some of the top names in the business. The 64-player field has three of the world's top-10 players - John Higgins,

Shaun Murphy

and

Stuart Bingham

- and five former World champions. The country's lone professional,

Aditya Mehta

, will spearhead the Indian challenge.