Rusedski joins Albert Hall field

Submitted by dgec on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 21:05.
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Rusedski joins Albert Hall field
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Former British number one Greg Rusedski will play at the BlackRock Masters Tennis at London's Royal Albert Hall after Goran Ivanisevic withdrew.

Rusedski stepped in after Ivanisevic failed to recover from a hamstring injury in time for Tuesday's start.
 
Bjorn Borg pulled out last week with an elbow injury.
 
Rusedski, who only retired in April, will be a strong favourite to beat the likes of John McEnroe, Pat Cash, Michael Stich and Jeremy Bates.

Guy Forget, Sergi Bruguera, Henri Leconte, Cedric Pioline, Paul Haarhuis, Anders Jarryd and Wayne Ferreira complete the line-up.
 
The 12-man event will be drawn into four groups of three players.
 

All players in each group will play each other in the round-robin stages, with the top two players in each group advancing to the quarter-finals.
 
Tim Henman will take on two-time Wimbledon champion during Tuesday's evening session to raise money for his Kids at Heart charity.

  • Tuesday afternoon session (1300 GMT)
    1. Jeremy Bates v Henri Leconte
    2. Bahrami/Wilkinson v McNamara/Nystrom
    3. Guy Forget vs. Anders Jarryd
  • Tuesday evening session (1930)
    1. Pat Cash v Cedric Pioline
    2. Stefan Edberg v Tim Henman
    3. Paul Haarhuis v Michael Stich
     
  • Wednesday afternoon session
    1. Sergi Bruguera vs. Anders Jarryd
    2. Bahrami/Nystrom v Pernfors/McNamara
    3. John McEnroe v Cedric Pioline
     
  • Wednesday evening session
    1. Greg Rusedski v Michael Stich
    2. Bahrami/Wilkinson v Gullikson/McNamara
    3. Jeremy Bates v Wayne Ferreira
     
  • Thursday afternoon session
    1. Paul Haarhuis v Greg Rusedski
    2. Bahrami/Wilkinson v Pernfors/Nystrom
    3. Wayne Ferreira v Henri Leconte
     
  • Thursday evening session
    1. Pat Cash v John McEnroe
    2. Bahrami/Pernfors v Gullikson/McNamara
    3. Sergi Bruguera v Guy Forget

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