Former world No.1 Andy Murray will be one of the headline acts at a all-British tennis tournament set to take place in Roehampton next month.
The ‘Schroders Battle of the Brits’ is a six-day event that features some of the country’s top players. Kyle Edmund, Dan Evans and organiser Jamie Murray are also set to take part. The tournament, which aims to raise at least £100,000 for the NHS, will feature both doubles and singles matches. It has also managed to secure a broadcast deal with Amazon Prime agreeing to screen the tournament live.
“The last few months have been incredibly challenging times for everyone and we see this event as our way of giving back,” Jamie Murray told the Associated Press.
“A lot of work has gone in to make sure this could happen and we are very excited to be able to bring an action-packed week of tennis, while raising valuable funds for NHS heroes to say thank you for the amazing work they have done.”
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Next month’s event should provide tennis fans with a glimpse of Andy’s current fitness following his break from the sport in recent time. The three-time grand slam champion last played a competitive match in the Davis Cup finals last November and has been sidelined from action since then due to pelvic bruising. Last year he underwent hip resurfacing surgery before returning to action and winning the European Open in October. During an Instagram Live chat with Rafael Nadal on April 20th he said he physically ‘felt pretty good’ without going into specifics.
“I’m really excited to be putting on Schroders Battle of the Brits and for the first time bringing together the current generation of British male players to compete against one another while raising significant funds for charity,” Brother Jamie said.
“I am particularly grateful to our broadcast partner here in the UK, Amazon Prime Video, for enabling this event to happen.”
Scott Lloyd, who is the CEO of the Lawn Tennis Asscoiation, has said he and his team are working closely with Jamie Murray regarding the upcoming event.
“The LTA is looking forward to bringing tennis back into people’s lives this summer and are excited about events like this inspiring fans to get involved in our sport and pick up a racket,” Lloyd said in a statement
Recently the LTA announced that they are launching the British Tour during July which will feature four tournaments taking place within as many weeks. Those events will be open to the country’s 16 highest ranked players in the men’s and women’s game with prize money also up for grabs.
The Schroders Battle of the Brits will take place between June 23 to 28.
