Wawrinka, Dimitrov, and Raonic join Queen’s Club field

Stan Wawrinka, Grigor Dimitrov, and Milos Raonic joined an already impressive Fever-Tree Championships lineup earlier this week. Dimitrov is a former winner at Queen’s Club (2014), while Wawrinka is a three-time Grand Slam champion and Raonic reached the final at both this tournament and Wimbledon in 2016 (lost to Andy Murray on each occasion).“The Fever-Tree Championships has always been one of my favorite tournaments,” Dimitrov assured. “I have a special connection with everyone that works there and the crowd, and will always look back with happy memories on winning the event in 2014. I am already looking forward to coming back again in June.”

“I like coming to play at The Queen’s Club for the Fever-Tree Championships because I think it’s the best way to prepare for Wimbledon,” Raonic said. “You have some of the best players in the world competing at this event on pristine grass courts, with a very homely feel, at a tennis club. I think it’s great to be in London at that time of year, as well. I really have enjoyed playing well there in the past, and hopefully I can continue to do so.”

“The Fever-Tree Championships is a great event and the grass courts at The Queen’s Club are perfect every year,” Wawrinka commented. “I am very much looking forward to returning in June.”

Nick Kyrgios, Marin Cilic, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Kyle Edmund, Denis Shapovalov, and Felix Auger-Aliassime were already on the entry list.

Cilic is a stellar 29-9 lifetime at this event with titles in 2012 and 2018. He also finished runner-up to Murray in 2013 and to Feliciano Lopez in 2016. Kyrgios reached the semis last season, defeating Murray before falling to Cilic in a pair of tiebreakers.

Murray has a lifetime commitment to play at Queen’s Club but is obviously expected to miss the 2019 installment following January hip surgery. The 31-year-old Scot considered the idea of delaying surgery in order to play at Queen’s Club and Wimbledon this summer and then retire, but he ultimately decided to have the operation in hopes of returning to tennis at some point in the future.