Queen's wild cards are waiting for Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic - TD
The Queen's usually features a great player's field every year. This year, for the first time since 2014, Rafael Nadal has not committed to playing the British tournament as he withdrew from it from 2016 to 2018. Also, Novak Djokovic is missing in the entry list. But the Tournament Director Stephen Farrow hopes that they will be part of Queen's. "Novak played last year and he reached the finals and he had a great week. He had not played there for four years and we hope he comes back this year. He wants to see how the French Open goes. For Rafa, of course, the number of titles he has won at the Roland Garros, which is such an important tournament for him... He has not played here for three years and we would love to have him. He has played here a number of times and wild cards are waiting for him," said Farrow.
He praised Nadal's commitment over the years to win French Open and then immediately come to Queen's: "There have been just a few players able to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon back to back. It's a special feat and Rafa has done it. Back in the day, there was just a two-week break in between and it's a big challenge because you need to adjust to a new surface. Now that it's three weeks, players have an opportunity to achieve better results and most players are playing in the week of Queen's and Halle."
Speaking about Roger Federer, he said, "Roger has a deal in Halle which is a great event. Halle has Roger, but we had Andy Murray in the past ten years. I am very comfortable with it. We have had great champions and matches."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2YJowbi
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