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Wilander out and rafter in
Tennis legend and crowd favourite in 2009, Mats Wilander has pulled out of the World Tennis Challenge (Adelaide 12 - 14 January) due to personal reasons. Mats was the captain of the International Team partnering current champion Radek Stepanek.
Co-Tournament Directors Darren Cahill, Mark Woodforde, Roger Rasheed and Alistair MacDonald said:
"the loss of Mats is a blow t the event, he is truly one of the nicest players around and wish him all the best. We are however thrilled to announce that his replacement on Wednesday and Thursday nights will be Pat Rafter with event wildcard Mansour Bahrami filling in for Mats on the Tuesday night. Mansour will remain as the wildcard entry on Wednesday and Thursday night".
The change in the line-up will also be a bonus of sorts for World Tennis Challenge with event drawcard John McEnroe who was recently quoted as saying Rafter, who he has never played previously as one player he was keen to contend. McEnroe will face Rafter on Thursday night. The new draw has also resulted in a block buster for the ATP with Radek Stepanek and Gilles Simon facing of on Tuesday night in a top 20 World super match.
The WTC Draw is as follows:
Tuesday Night: Australia v Americas and International v Europe
Wednesday Night: Australia v International and Europe v Americas
Thursday Night: Australia v Europe and International v Americas
All teams and players will play each night with both courts featuring the matches above at the same time on each night.
# Draw is Subject to Change
The complete field for the 2010 event is:
Team Tennis Legend Current Champion
Australasia Pat Cash Bernard Tomic
Europe Henri Leconte Gilles Simon
International Mats Wilander Radek Stepanek
The Americas John McEnroe Robby Ginepri
Wildcard Mansour Bahrami
