The Saint Petersburg Atp 250 tournament is looking for a big 2016 edition with three top-10 players in the entry list.
Swiss Stan Wawrinka, Canadian Milos Raonic and Czech Tomas Berdych committed to play the Russian tourney, which will be played in September (19/09-25/09) on indoor hard courts.
Raonic, who is the defending champion, will seek his second straight title in Saint Petersburg, while Poroguese Joao Sousa will try to defend the 2015 final’s points. 2011 edition’s finalist Janko Tipsarevic entered the tournament with his protected ranking.
Top-20 Roberto Bautista-Agut and young German star Alexander Zverev also joined the acceptance list, alongside home favourite Mikhail Youzhny and veterans Marcos Baghdatis and Fernando Verdasco.
Atp Saint Petersbourg(RUS), entry list:
Stan Wawrinka (SUI)
Milos Raonic (CAN)
Tomas Berdych (CZE)
Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP)
Viktor Troicki (SRB)
Joao Sousa (POR)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) PR
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA)
Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP)
Jiri Vesely (CZE)
Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
Gastao Elias (POR)
Ernests Gulbis (LAT)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
Diego Schwartzman (ARG)
