Andy Murray is among eight of the world's top 13 players to have
been included on the official entry list for the Aegon Championships at Queen's
this summer.
Murray
will join Rafael Nadal, Milos Raonic, Stan Wawrinka, Marin Cilic, Grigor
Dimitrov, Feliciano Lopez and Gilles Simon at the grass-court tournament in
June, which will serve as a warm-up event for Wimbledon.
American
number one John Isner and 20-year-old Australian Nick Kyrgios will also compete
while four-time winner Lleyton Hewitt has been given a wild card for his 16th
and final appearance before the Australian retires next year.
Andy Murray is among eight of the world's top 13
players included on the official entry list for Queen's
Murray returns the ball during his final match against Germany's Philipp
Kohlschreiber in Munich on Monday
World No 4 Rafael Nadal is set to be appear at the at the
grass-court tournament in June
Hewitt is
one of three Wimbledon champions in the draw, with Nadal and Murray both
triumphing in 2008 and 2013 respectively, having also won Queen's in the same
year.
Tournament
director Stephen Farrow said: "To see such a strong, confirmed entry for
the Aegon Championships is a huge thrill for everyone involved in the
tournament, and fantastic news for our ticket-holders.
"The
Aegon Championships is an ATP-500 event for the first time this year, and we
are determined to exceed the standards we set in being voted ATP-250 tournament
of the year by the players the past two years."
Dimitrov
is the reigning champion at Queen's after he defeated Lopez in the 2014 final.
Lleyton Hewitt has been
given a wild card for his 16th and final appearance before he retires next year
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