The reigning US Open champion Stan Wawrinka has joined the growing list of star-names that will compete for the title at the Mutua Charity Tie Break Tens Madrid event on Thursday 4th May.<\/p>\n
Wawrinka will take on World No. 4 Kei Nishikori, the 2013 Roland Garros finalist David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez, the 2011 Australian Open semi finalist Fernando Verdasco and Lucas Pouille – the 23-year-old Frenchman who beat Rafael Nadal at the US Open last year. There are still two more players to be announced in the men\u2019s field.<\/p>\n
‘This is going to be a really exciting night of tennis with some great players and a format that will create of lot of pressure moments,\u201d said Wawrinka. \u201cThere is nothing in the sport like the feeling of a tie-break – both to play and to watch – and so I am very much looking forward to Tie Break Tens in Madrid.’<\/p>\n
A women\u2019s event will run alongside the men\u2019s event, with French Open champion Garbine Muguruza, former World No.1 Maria Sharapova, Olympic gold-medalist Monica Puig and World No.5 Simona Halep in action.<\/p>\n
The tournament will feature a knock-out format of quarterfinals, semifinals and final, with each match taking the form of a first-to-ten point tie-break.<\/p>\n
Each event will award a winner-take-all prize of $200,000, with $100,000 going to the Mutua charity against domestic violence.<\/p>\n
The tournament, which will be held in the Caja M\u00e1gica, will be Broadcast live on Teledeporte TVE in Spain.<\/p>\n
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Mutua Charity Tie Break Tens Madrid, against domestic violence<\/strong><\/p>\n Play begins:<\/strong> 19:30 (doors open at 18:30)<\/p>\n Players:<\/strong> two draws of 8 players<\/p>\n ATP players confirmed to-date:<\/strong> Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori, Feliciano L\u00f3pez, Grigor Dimitrov, David Ferrer and Fernando Verdasco.<\/p>\n WTA players confirmed to-date:<\/strong> Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza, Maria Sharapova, Simona Halep and M\u00f3nica Puig.<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> Quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.<\/p>\n Prize Money:<\/strong> $200,000 for the champions, $100,000 to be donated to charity organizations working against domestic\u00a0 violence.<\/p>\n TV:<\/strong> The tournament will be broadcast live on Spanish television via Teleporte.<\/p>\n Web:<\/strong>\u00a0www.tiebreaktens.com<\/a><\/p>\n Ticket sales:<\/strong>\u00a0www.entradas.com<\/a><\/p>\n Twitter:<\/strong> @TieBreakTens<\/p>\n Facebook:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/facebook.com\/tiebreaktens<\/a><\/p>\n