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MURRAY TO FACE McENROE
Highlights on BBC2
Sun 10 Oct 1210 BST.
Britain's Andy Murray will take on John McEnroe
in the Superset Tennis event on Sunday after the withdrawal of
Tim Henman because of injury. Henman aggravated a back problem
and suffered a swollen shoulder during Britain's Davis Cup defeat
to Austria. Murray, 17, will face 45-year-old McEnroe in the first
round of the one-set event at Wembley Arena. "I'm so excited
to play McEnroe. I looked up to him when I was younger and he's
a real legend," said Murray.
McEnroe said: "I have heard about Andrew
for a couple of years and got to see him play in the last couple
of months. "He has a lot of talent. Now I have the chance
to see what he's got at first hand." Eight players will compete
at the event over one set, with the eventual winner taking home
the top prize of £250,000.
In other first-round matches, British number
two Greg Rusedski faces former world number one Boris Becker,
while Goran Ivanisevic has been drawn to play Spain's Tommy Robredo.
Competitors will be able to question any calls with the use of
slow-motion replays, while the players will wear heart-rate monitors
during their matches.
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HENMAN WITHDRAWS FROM
LYON
Henman pulls out of Superset. British number
one Tim Henman has pulled out of next week's Lyon Grand Prix in
order to rest his sore back. The 30-year-old aggravated his back
problem and suffered a swollen shoulder during Great Britain's
Davis Cup defeat to Austria last weekend. He announced on Wednesday
that he would miss Sunday's Superset tennis event in London and
has now withdrawn from Lyon.
The world number four would have been top
seed for the indoor event, which was won last year by Rainer Schuettler.
But he was staying hopeful that he will be able to return to continue
his bid to make the end-of-season Masters Cup. Tim
Henman "Judging the severity of most injuries is never easy,"
he told his website. "On occasion this year I've struggled
on with an illness or an injury and managed to do pretty well
considering, but I think the best course of action in this instance
is to rest up and let my body recover."
"I was looking forward to going to
Lyon as I'd like to improve my ranking and qualify for the Tennis
Masters Cup as soon as possible. "But given there's still
hopefully quite a bit of tennis to be played this year I feel
it's important to let my body recuperate fully before getting
back on the match court."
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