World No. 2 Rafael Nadal will join the line-up for this week’s Aspall Tennis Classic held at The Hurlingham Club.
Nadal will play two singles matches across the week; taking on Tomas Berdych on Wednesday 28th June and then Tommy Haas on Friday 30th June in his preparations for a third Wimbledon title. His appearance at the Aspall Tennis Classic follows his record-breaking 10th Grand Slam title win at Roland Garros, where he beat Stan Wawrinka in three straight sets.
The Spanish star has won 15 grand slam titles and 30 ATP World Masters titles across his 16-year career so far, including The Barcelona Open, The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid, The US Open and The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid.
Combining timeless elegance and quintessentially British traditions, the Aspall Tennis Classic is the perfect place to unwind and enjoy some of the sport’s most loved players.
Nadal commented: “The Aspall Tennis Classic at The Hurlingham Club is a lot of fun and it’s always exciting to play in front of the UK fans, so I can’t wait to return this week. I’m working hard and enjoying every week as it comes, so this is the perfect way to get ready for Wimbledon.”
Other ATP players included in the line-up are World No. 1 Andy Murray, World No. 7 Milos Raonic, World No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, World No 14 Tomas Berdych, World No. 15 Lucas Pouille and World No. 255 Tommy Haas. Joining them will be some of the sport’s favourite legends – former British No. 1 Greg Rusedski, two-time grand slam finalist Mark Philippoussis, former World No. 4 Thomas Enqvist, 1986 French Open finalist Mikael Pernfors and the ever-popular Mansour Bahrami.
IMG has also announced the order of play across the four-day event, which includes competitive singles and entertaining doubles matches taking place each day. The full order of play is listed below:*
Tuesday 27th June 2017
Andy Murray v Lucas Pouille
Bahrami/Rusedski v Enqvist/Pernfors
Wednesday 28th June
Milos Raonic v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Tomas Berdych v Rafael Nadal
Bahrami/Philippoussis v Enqvist/Rusedski
Thursday 29th June
Fabio Fobnin v Milos Raonic
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga v ATP Player
Bahrami/Enqvist v Pernfors/Philippoussis
Friday 30th June
Andy Murray v ATP Player
Tommy Haas v Rafael Nadal
Lucas Pouille v ATP Player
*The Management reserves the right to alter the Order of Play at any time.
Dates: Tuesday 27th June – Friday 30th June 2017
Location: The Hurlingham Club, Ranelagh Gardens, London, SW6 3PR
Hospitality Tickets: www.aspalltennisclassic.com