ROYAL ALBERT HALL / STATOIL MASTERS TENNIS – ANDY RODDICK DRAWS GREG RUSEDSKI; SIR ELTON JOHN & BILLIE JEAN KING TOO

STATOIL MASTERS TENNIS

THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL

ATP CHAMPIONS TOUR

3-7 DECEMBER

LONDON

 

 

 

STATOIL MASTERS TENNIS – RODDICK DRAWS RUSEDSKI; ORDER OF PLAY REVEALED

 

Andy Roddick will face old rival Greg Rusedski in the round-robin stages of the Statoil Masters Tennis after the draw and order of play for the IMG-owned and staged event at the Royal Albert Hall were revealed.

 

Tim Henman will open the tournament, which takes place 3-7 December, when he takes on Sweden’s Thomas Enqvist at 1.30pm on Wednesday 3rd December. Henman and Enqvist are in Group A with debutant Fernando Gonzalez of Chile, while Roddick and Rusedski are joined in Group B by two-time French Open champion Sergi Bruguera. Roddick and Rusedski will clash on Saturday night.

 

The order of play also revealed that John McEnroe will take on Pat Cash in an exhibition match in the evening session on Thursday, the ever-popular Mansour Bahrami will return for a doubles match each day and the Mylan WTT Smash Hits charity event, featuring McEnroe, Roddick, Henman, Sir Elton John, Billie Jean King, Kim Clijsters and Sabine Lisicki, will take place at 6pm on Sunday 7th December. See below for the full order of play.

 

Also appearing in doubles during the week will be the 2007 Wimbledon mixed doubles Champion Jamie Murray, and former British Davis Cup player Ross Hutchins.

 

The Statoil Masters Tennis has enjoyed record ticket-sales so far in 2014 and tickets are still available, with prices from £18.50 per person, at http://www.statoilmasterstennis.com/tickets/ or by calling the Royal Albert Hall box office on: +44 (0) 20 7070 4404.

 

Hospitality packages are also available via www.statoilmasterstennis.com/hospitality or by calling +44 (0) 20 8233 5854.

 

 

About Statoil (UK) Ltd

 

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ATP CHAMPIONS TOUR SINGLES

 

Group A

Tim Henman

Fernando Gonzalez

Thomas Enqvist

 

Group B

Andy Roddick

Greg Rusedski

Sergi Bruguera

 

 

Wednesday 3rd December

At 1.30pm

Tim Henman vs. Thomas Enqvist

Doubles

 

At 7.30pm

Andy Roddick vs. Sergi Bruguera

Doubles featuring Mansour Bahrami

 

 

Thursday 4th December

At 1.30pm

Fernando Gonzalez vs. Thomas Enqvist

Doubles

 

At 7.30pm

John McEnroe vs. Pat Cash

Doubles featuring Mansour Bahrami

 

 

Friday 5th December

At 1.30pm

Greg Rusedski vs. Sergi Bruguera

Doubles featuring Mansour Bahrami

 

At 7.30pm

John McEnroe vs. Henri Leconte

Doubles

 

 

Saturday 6th December

At 1.30pm

Tim Henman vs. Fernando Gonzalez

Doubles featuring Mansour Bahrami and John McEnroe

 

At 7.30pm

Andy Roddick vs. Greg Rusedski

Doubles

 

 

Sunday 7th December

At 11.45am

ATP Champions Tour Final

Doubles featuring Mansour Bahrami

At 6pm

Mylan World Team Tennis Smash Hits

(featuring Sir Elton John , Billie-Jean King, John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters, Sabine Lisicki, Tim Henman)

 

* Please note that the order of play is subject to change.

Topics: Andy Roddick, Greg Rusedski, John Mcenroe, Statoil Masters Tennis, Tennis, Tim Heman

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