England’s Lisa Hall admits her victory in the ANZ Ladies’ Masters in Australia earlier this month completed her rehabilitation after she came close to quitting the game.

The European Tour and Asian Tour will have one fewer tournament this year following the removal of the co-sanctioned Singapore Masters from their 2008 schedules.

Annika Sorenstam is confident her team can defend the Lexus Cup this week but she is wary of a backlash from an Asian side keen to avenge last year’s heavy defeat.