Former Wimbledon Champion Richard Krajicek to replace injured Lendl

Added on: November 27, 2011

The 1996 Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek will replace the injured Ivan Lendl in the AEGON Masters Tennis tournament, which starts at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday.

Krajicek, the one man to interrupt the reign of Pete Sampras at Wimbledon, combines a crackerjack serve with deft touch at the net. He will join a group at the Royal Albert Hall alongside John McEnroe, Pat Cash and Henri Leconte.

His match against McEnroe will form part of a celebration of the Wightman Cup, and will be televised live on ITV4, which will cover the event extensively from Friday until Sunday.

“I’m happy to have the chance to play in London again,” said Krajicek. “The Royal Albert Hall is an amazing venue and I am really looking forward to playing against John McEnroe on Friday night. He still plays very well, he pushes himself and in doing so he also pushes us. When you play against some guys on the ATP Champions Tour it is relaxed, but not against John. Playing him is the closest we ever come to being back on the ATP World Tour. There is never a dull moment!”

Alongside that four-man group will be a standard ATP Champions Tour tournament. A six-man round-robin group will feature Goran Ivanisevic, Tim Henman, Mark Philippoussis, Fabrice Santoro, Thomas Enqvist and Younes El Aynaoui.

An all-star doubles schedule has also been released, featuring the ever-popular Mansour Bahrami, Peter McNamara, Jeremy Bates, Mikael Pernfors and Andrew Castle.

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