Safin joins entries at Queen's Club

Marat Safin of Russia returns the ball to Kristof Vliegen of Belgium in the Monte Carlo Masters Series tennis tournament in Monaco April 17, 2007. Former world number one Safin has joined the entry list for next month's Queen's Club tournament, organisers said on Wednesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Former world number one Marat Safin has joined the entry list for next month's Queen's Club tournament, organisers said on Wednesday.

The 26th-ranked Russian, who won the U.S. Open in 2000 and the Australian Open two years ago, joins world number two Rafael Nadal, triple winner Andy Roddick, the world number three, and defending champion Lleyton Hewitt at the grass-court event from June 11-17.

The Wimbledon warm-up tournament will feature six of the world's top 10 with Novak Djokovic of Serbia (5), Fernando Gonzalez of Chile (6), Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia (8) and 10th-ranked Briton Andy Murray already signed up.