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Statoil Masters Tennis - Team Elton and Team Billie Jean Revealed; Malisse Replaces Injured Rusedski - see inside IP: 82.33.29.192 Posted on November 26, 2014 at 01:21:06 AM by Jean
STATOIL MASTERS TENNIS
THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
ATP CHAMPIONS TOUR
3-7 DECEMBER
LONDON
25 November, 2014
Billie Jean King and Sir Elton John Announce Royal Albert Hall Teams
With a week to go until the Statoil Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall, Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King have selected their teams for finals day on Sunday 7th December, when a special Mylan World TeamTennis charity match will be held.
The charity match - Mylan WTT Smash Hits presented by Walgreens and AmerisourceBergen - will pit Team Billie Jean against Team Elton, with proceeds from the night going to the Elton John AIDS Foundation. This is the first time the event will be held outside the United States in its 22-year history.
Team Billie Jean will be represented by Kim Clijsters, Tim Henman, Sabine Lisicki and Jamie Murray, who is in for the injured Greg Rusedski. In the ATP Champions Tour draw earlier in the week, the 2002 Wimbledon semi-finalist Xavier Malisse will replace Rusedski.
On Team Elton John are Andy Roddick, John McEnroe, Martina Hingis and Heather Watson.
The match will feature men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles.
The order of play is:
Women’s doubles: Hingis/Watson (Team Elton) vs Clijsters/Lisicki (Team Billie Jean)
Men’s doubles: McEnroe/Roddick (Team Elton) vs Henman/Murray (Team Billie Jean)
Women’s singles: Watson (Team Elton) vs Lisicki (Team Billie Jean)
Mixed doubles: McEnroe/Hingis (Team Elton) vs Murray/Clijsters (Team Billie Jean)
Men’s singles: Roddick (Team Elton) vs Henman (Team Billie Jean)
To view the full order of play for the week, please go to http://www.statoilmasterstennis.com/schedule/
The Statoil Masters, an IMG-owned and staged event which is now in its 18th year, runs from 3-7 December. It features Roddick, Henman, Fernando Gonzalez, Thomas Enqvist, Xavier Malisse and Sergi Bruguera in an ATP Champions Tour event, with McEnroe taking on Pat Cash and Henri Leconte in exhibition matches. Mansour Bahrami, Jamie Murray, and former British Davis Cup player Ross Hutchins are all part of the doubles field.
The Statoil Masters Tennis has enjoyed record ticket-sales so far in 2014 and the last remaining 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.
Revised Order of play*
ATP CHAMPIONS TOUR SINGLES
Group A
Tim Henman
Fernando Gonzalez
Thomas Enqvist
Group B
Andy Roddick
Xavier Malisse
Sergi Bruguera
Wednesday 3rd December
At 1.30pm
Tim Henman vs. Thomas Enqvist
Ferreira/Gonzalez v Malisse/Murray
At 7.30pm
Special Olympics Exhibition
Xavier Malisse vs. Sergi Bruguera
Bahrami/Castle v Cash/McNamara
Thursday 4th December
At 1.30pm
Fernando Gonzalez vs. Thomas Enqvist
Murray/Hutchins v Bruguera/Malisse
At 7.30pm
Wheelchair Tennis Exhibition
John McEnroe vs. Pat Cash
Bahrami/Castle v McNamara/Leconte
Friday 5th December
At 1.30pm
Andy Roddick vs. Sergi Bruguera
Bahrami/Ferreira v Enqvist/McNamara
At 7.30pm
John McEnroe vs. Henri Leconte
Henman/Roddick v Murray/Hutchins
Saturday 6th December
At 1.30pm
Tim Henman vs. Fernando Gonzalez
Bahrami/McEnroe v Bruguera/McNamara
At 7.30pm
Andy Roddick vs. Xavier Malisse
Cash/Castle v Ferreira/Leconte
Sunday 7th December
At 11.45am
ATP Champions Tour Final
Bahrami/Castle v McNamara/Ferreira
At 6pm
Mylan World TeamTennis Smash Hits
Team Elton - Andy Roddick, John McEnroe, Martina Hingis and Heather Watson
vs.
Team Billie Jean - Kim Clijsters, Tim Henman, Sabine Lisicki and Jamie Murray
* Please note that the order of play is subject to change. Replies: