John McEnroe has recovered from illness sufficiently to take an overnight flight to London and will play in his first round-robin match, as scheduled, against Sergi Bruguera on Wednesday evening.
The American had been struck down by stomach flu over the weekend, and left his decision to play until the last possible minute.
But, he took a flight from New York that landed in London on Wednesday morning, and will compete in the Champions Masters for the ninth straight year as he looks to win his fifth title.
Bruguera won his first group match against Mikael Pernfors, 6-3, 6-1 on Tuesday. McEnroe will face Pernfors on Thursday.
To be eligible to compete on the ATP Champions Tour, players must have been either a World No.1 during their competitive playing careers, a Grand Slam singles finalist, or a singles player on a victorious Davis Cup team, and no longer active on the ATP tour. Each event can also invite two players of its choice to take wild cards.
Players compete for points throughout the year to qualify for The Champions Masters which takes place between November 29 and December 4. The top ten players in the Stanford Financial Champions Tour Rankings after all events are complete qualify automatically. The field in London is increased to 12 with the addition of two wild cards. There is a $100,000 prize on offer for the winner in London.
ORDER OF PLAYWednesday, November 30, 2005
At 1:00pm
Henri LECONTE v Cedric PIOLINE
NASTASE / WILKINSON v FLEMING / WOODFORDE
Jeremy BATES v Thomas MUSTER
At 7:30pm
Anders JARRYD v Mats WILANDER
BAHRAMI / WOODFORDE V GULLIKSON / McNAMARA
Sergi BRUGUERA v John McENROE
