Murray Drawn To Face Willis, Ivanisevic In Tie Break Tens Group Stages The World No.2 Andy Murray has been drawn to face the 2001 Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic and unlikely Wimbledon hero Marcus Willis in the round- robin stages of Tie Break Tens, which takes place on Sunday night. World No.10 Dominic Thiem, the 2008 Australian Open runner-up Jo Wilfried Tsonga and former World No.2 Tommy Haas will contest the other group. The top two players in each group will advance to the semifinals. The winner of the final will receive a winner-takes-all cheque for $250,000. Each match will take the form of a quick-fire, first-to-10 point tie-break (with a margin of two points). Willis will be taking on a childhood hero in Ivanisevic, and arguably the best player in the world at the moment in Murray. He still thinks he can win. ‘Could I beat Andy Murray in a ten-point tie-break? Probably,” said Willis. “It’s ten points. Accrington Stanley would lose to Manchester United over 90 minutes, but in a 10-minute match they would stand a chance. I think it will suit my game. It’s exciting, it’s a sprint, and the crowd are going to be into it. I’m lucky to have been given this opportunity and I’m going to get in there.” Tie Break Tens Vienna will take place at 7pm CET on Sunday (6pm UK). It will be televised live on ORF in Austria, and Sky Sports in the UK. It will also be live-streamed, free, via Facebook Live on the Tie Break Tens Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/tiebreaktens/, and on Tennis.com The inaugural Tie Break Tens event at the Royal Albert Hall in London last December was won by British No.2 Kyle Edmund. He defeated Murray 10-7 in the final to win more money in one night than he had accumulated throughout the rest of 2015. Edmund said afterwards that he would invest the money in his tennis preparation and support team. He has since jumped from No.102 to a current career- high of No.43 in the rankings. TIE BREAK TENS Group A Dominic Thiem Jo Wilfried Tsonga Tommy Haas Group B Andy Murray Marcus Willis Goran Ivanisevic Match 1 - Thiem V. Tsonga Match 2 - Murray V. Ivanisevic Match 3 - Tsonga V. Haas Match 4 - Murray V. Willis Match 5 –Thiem V. Haas Match 6 - Ivanisevic V. Willis This will be followed by Semi-Finals Match 7 - Winner of Group A V. Runner Up of Group B Match 8 – Winner of Group B V. Runner Up of Group A Followed by 3rd/4th Play Off: Match 9 - Loser of Match 7 V. Loser of Match 8 Followed by the Final Match 10 – Winner of Match 7 V. Winner of Match 8 Tickets: goo.gl/6oTH55 Media Accreditation requests: Karlheinz Wieser – [email protected] Tie Break Tens Website: goo.gl/6uJndq Twitter: @TieBreakTens Facebook: http://facebook.com/tiebreaktens Erste Bank Open 500 Vienna Website: http://www.erstebank-open.com/en/ .
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