Brisbane Has Excellent Men’s Line-Up

Written by: Bob Larson Tennis on 27th November 2012

Brisbane Has Excellent Men’s Line-Up

epa03465294 Andy Murray of Britain returns to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during their match at the ATP World Tour Finals in London, Britain, 09 November 2012. EPA/KERIM OKTEN |

World No.3 Andy Murray and Aussie stalwart Lleyton Hewitt will face a stellar line-up at the Brisbane International in 2013.

Five top 20 players including world No.13 Milos Raonic, world No.16 Gilles Simon, Brisbane 2012 finalist and world No.18 Alexandr Dolgopolov, as well as world No.19 Kei Nishikori, have all signed on to start their year in the sunshine state.

Also joining the Brisbane field is crowd favorite Marcos Baghdatis, new Australian No. 1 Marinko Matosevic and former world No.5 Tommy Robredo.

Familiar faces such as former Brisbane champion Radek Stepanek, Florian Mayer, Jurgen Melzer and Paul-Henri Mathieu have also confirmed they will start their season in Brisbane.

Official Brisbane International line-up (men)

Murray, Andy (GBR) No. 3

Raonic, Milos (CAN) No.13

Simon, Gilles (FRA) No. 16

Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR) No.18

Nishikori, Kei (JPN) No. 19

Mayer, Florian (GER) No.28

Melzer, Jurgen (AUT) No.29

Klizan, Martin (SVK) No.30

Stepanek, Radek (CZE) No.31

Benneteau, Julien (FRA) No.35

Baghdatis, Marcos (CYP) No.36