Top players enter Olympic mixed doubles competition

Written by: Staff on 31st July 2012

Departure ceremony of Belarussian Olympic delegation

Top players enter Olympic mixed doubles competition

epa03302537 Tennis player Max Mirnyi (L) and rower Ekaterina Karsten (R), members of the Belarussian Olympic delegation for the London 2012 Olympic Games, lay flowers during a departure ceremony at the Victory square in Minsk, Belarus, 10 July 2012. EPA/TATYANA ZENKOVICH |

The ITF today announced the entry list for the Olympic mixed doubles competition that is scheduled to start on Wednesday 1 August. Thirty-five pairs from 26 countries signed up for the first Olympic mixed doubles competition as a full medal discipline since 1924, with the combined ranking cut-off for direct entry at 37. The top seeds are Victoria Azarenka and Max Miryni of Belarus, ranked No. 1 in women’s singles and men’s doubles respectively.

ITF Places were awarded to Andy Murray and Laura Robson of Great Britain; Lleyton Hewitt and Samantha Stosur of Australia; Mikhail Youzhny and Elena Vesnina of Russia; and Robert Lindstedt and Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden.

The draw for the Mixed Doubles will take place today on site at Wimbledon at 15:00 (14:00 GMT).

Entry list

Argentina Gisela Dulko / Juan Martin del Potro

Australia Samantha Stosur / Lleyton Hewitt (ITF Place)

Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Max Mirnyi

Czech Republic Lucie Hradecka / Radek Stepanek

Germany Angelique Kerber / Philipp Petzschner; Sabine Lisicki / Christopher Kas

Great Britain Laura Robson / Andy Murray (ITF Place)

India Sania Mirza / Leander Paes

Italy Roberta Vinci / Daniele Bracciali; Sara Errani / Andreas Seppi

Poland Agnieszka Radwanska / Marcin Matkowski

Russia Elena Vesnina / Mikhail Youzhny (ITF Place)