TENNIS NEWS FROM LONDON FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL, TIE BREAK TENS GROUPS ANNOUNCED & SCHEDULE REVEALED – PLAYERS – ANDY MURRAY, KYLE EDMUND, JOHN MCENROE, TIM HENMAN, XAVIER MALISSE, PLUS LOTS MORE

Written by: Staff on 4th December 2015

TENNIS NEWS FROM LONDON FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL, TIE BREAK TENS GROUPS ANNOUNCED & SCHEDULE REVEALED - PLAYERS - ANDY MURRAY, KYLE EDMUND, JOHN MCENROE, TIM HENMAN, XAVIER MALISSE, PLUS LOTS MORE |

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December, 2015

Tie Break Tens Groups Decided; Schedule Revealed; James Ward To Be Alternate

Andy Murray will take on Davis Cup team-mate Kyle Edmund and World No.7 David Ferrer after the Tie Break Tens groups were revealed on Friday. In the other group, John McEnroe will face Tim Henman and a qualifier from the Champions Tennis play-offs, which are being contested on Friday and Saturday afternoon by James Blake, Younes El Aynaoui, Fernando Gonzalez and Xavier Malisse.

A third member of Great Britain’s victorious Davis Cup team – James Ward – will be the alternate for Tie Break Tens, the new, quick-fire tennis format which will launch at 6pm tomorrow.

McEnroe defeated Mats Wilander in a Champions Tennis exhibition last night, and is in good form.

“Part of these guys is thinking ‘give me a piece of McEnroe, he’s going to be half the speed’,” said McEnroe. “The other part is thinking ‘how embarrassing would it be to lose to Mac at 56?!’ So I have that going for me. When you’re playing an entire match in 10 minutes you have the proverbial puncher’s chance. So Andy, I may be a bit older than you, but I hope you’re ready, because I will be!”

The players will be divided into two groups of three players, with each player playing two round-robin matches. The top two in each group will then advance to the semifinals. All matches will be a first-to-ten-point tie-break. The winner of Tie Break Tens will receive $250,000.

Royal Albert Hall. Photo via Instagram.

Group 1

Tim Henman

John McEnroe

Champions Tennis qualifier (Blake, El Aynaoui, Gonzalez or Malisse)

Group 2

Andy Murray

David Ferrer

Kyle Edmund

TIE BREAK TENS

From Saturday, 6pm – all matches are followed by

1. Tim Henman vs. John McEnroe

2. Kyle Edmund vs. Andy Murray

3. Tim Henman vs. Qualifier

4. David Ferrer vs. Andy Murray

5. John McEnroe vs. Qualifier

6. Kyle Edmund vs. David Ferrer

7. Semi-final 1 (Winner of Group 1 vs. Runner-up Group 2)

8. Semi-final 2 (Winner of Group 2 vs. Runner-up Group 1)

9. 3rd/4th Place Play-off

10. Final

UK TV

Sky Sports 2 – Saturday 1pm – 4pm (Champions Tennis & Tie Break Tens Qualifiers)

Sky Sports 3 – Saturday 6pm – 9.15pm (Tie Break Tens)

Rest of the World

Spain, Portugal, Netherlands etc – http://www.tiebreaktens.com/live-coverage/

Tidbits

Tie Break Tens will take place in the evening session between 6:00 – 9:15 on Saturday 5th December. Doors will open at 5.15pm

There will be ten Tie Break Tens matches played back-to-back during the evening. Each player will play twice during the round-robin stages, with semifinals, 3/4 play-off and final to follow.

Media Accreditation requests – TieBreakTens@lawsports.net; Tie Break Tens website – http://www.tiebreaktens.com

Follow @tiebreaktens on Twitter and Instagram to keep up to date with all the latest announcements and information. For tickets visit www.royalalberthall.com/tennis or call 020 7070 4404.

Champions Tennis runs from 2nd to 6th December at the Royal Albert Hall.

During the week of Champions Tennis, Henman, debutant James Blake, defending champion Fernando Gonzalez, Xavier Malisse, Younes El Aynoui and Sebastien Grosjean will contest an ATP Champions Tour event. John McEnroe, Mats Wilander and Henri Leconte will play legends singles matches against each other, and also joining the field to play amongst the doubles action are Mansour Bahrami, Pat Cash and Jamie Murray.

Topics: Andy Murray, Champions Tennis, David Ferrer, Kyle Edmund, London, Mats Wilander, Mcenroe, Royal Albert Hall, Sports, Tennis News, Tim Henman

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