Becker and Stich set for Albert Hall
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Your support makes all the difference.Boris Becker and Michael Stich, whose ambivalence towards each other as players makes Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski seem like blood brothers, will compete in the Honda Challenge seniors' tournament at the Royal Albert Hall from 4 to 8 December.
Best remembered for their duel in the 1991 Wimbledon men's singles final, won by Stich, the two Germans were at odds with each other for the majority of their careers, although they combined to win the doubles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.
Opposition to Stich's plan to recall the 35-year-old Becker for last weekend's Davis Cup World Group qualifier at home to Venezuela led to Stich's resignation as Germany's captain. The 34-year-old Stich, who will be making his first appearance at the Albert Hall in the Delta Tour of Champions event, has not played a competitive match since he retired from the ATP Tour in 1997. The last time he played Becker in Britain, in the 1993 Wimbledon quarter-finals, Becker won in five sets.
Becker's first visit to the Albert Hall last year ended when he withdrew with a back injury before a group match against the eventual winner, Guy Forget. But last month Becker defeated John McEnroe, Henri Leconte and Petr Korda to win a Champions Tour event in Graz.
McEnroe, Forget, Korda and Pat Cash have confirmed they will return to the Albert Hall. The two remaining places will be filled by wild card entries, the first of whom is Jeremy Bates, the former British No 1.
* A Manhattan judge yesterday dismissed Martina Hingis' $40m (£25m) lawsuit against the Italian sportswear maker, Sergio Tacchini. Hingis had sued Tacchini claiming that "defective" shoes had caused her to be injured at the 1998 US Open. However, the judge ruled that since Hingis had a similar suit pending in Milan it would be "unjust, unfair and inconvenient" that Tacchini answered the same charges in New York.
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