JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO TAKES ON BORNA CORIC ON DAY 1 AT THE BOODLES TENNIS IN LONDON

Written by: Staff on 20th June 2016

JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO TAKES ON BORNA CORIC ON DAY 1 AT THE BOODLES TENNIS IN LONDON

epa05355362 Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in action against Gilles Simon of France during their quarter final match of the ATP tennis tournament at the Weissenhof in Stuttgart, Germany, 10 June 2016. EPA/MARIJAN MURAT |

Former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro and rising star Borna Coric will headline Day 1 at The Boodles 2016.

Tuesday’s order of play will start with Spain’s Nicolas Almagro taking on the mercurial Serb Janko Tipsarevic. Argentina’s Del Potro, winner of the 2009 US Open will return to The Boodles stadium court on his comeback from injury and take on one of the #NextGen, Borna Coric from Croatia.

Marathon man John Isner from the USA, famous for playing the longest-ever match at Wimbledon will then take on the newly-married Fabio Fognini. The Italian, Fognini married fellow tennis player and 2015 US Open champion Flavia Pennetta less than two weeks ago.

The final match of the day will feature another charismatic Serb Viktor Troicki taking on stylish Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.

Order of Play – Tuesday 21 June 2016

12:30 N. Almagro v J. Tipsarevic

2:30pm J M Del Potro v B.Coric

f/b J. Isner v F. Fognini

not before 5pm V. Troicki v J. Chardy

Full list of players confirmed for The Boodles 2016:

Novak Djokovic (SRB)

David Goffin (BEL)

John Isner (USA)

Gilles Simon (FRA)

Nick Kyrgios (AUS)

Viktor Troicki (SRB)

Lucas Pouille (FRA)

Jeremy Chardy (FRA)

Fabio Fognini (ITA)

Alexander Zverev (GER)

Nicolas Almagro (ESP)

Borna Coric (CRO)

Aljaz Bedene (GBR)

Robin Haase (NED)

Juan Monaco (ARG)

Mischa Zverev (GER)

Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)

Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)

The Boodles takes place at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire, from 21st – 25th June 2016, the week before the Championships begin at Wimbledon.

TIDBITS & Editors Notes:

Year after year, The Boodles attracts the world’s best players as they finalise their grass-court preparations . Over the last 14 years the event has featured a who’s who of the tennis world including Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi and Tim Henman. With an intimate 2,000 seater stadium, where no seat is further than 12 metres from the court, The Boodles puts guests right at the heart of the action on court while entertaining them in a relaxed, garden party atmosphere.

We have attended the event almost every year. It is so much fun. The setting is spectacular. The tennis competitive but a lot of relaxed fun on court as well. The clothes, the cars, the food. What can we say other than its posh and perfect as a Wimbledon warm up.

Where else can you see Novak fly in in a helicopter like James Bond and to take the court?

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