Rusedski hoping for Queen's lift

Greg Rusedski will today take the Centre Court at Queen's hoping to get his season back on track.

11:06 07 June 2004

Greg Rusedski will today take the Centre Court at Queen's hoping to get his season back on track.

The British number two takes on Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee in the first round of the Stella Artois Championships, and will be desperate to continue the good ground work he put in at Surbiton.

Rusedski beat Lee on the way to the quarter-finals in that tournament last week, and will want more of the same as he continues to prepare for Wimbledon.

Until Surbiton, Rusedski had not won an ATP Tour singles match since being cleared of doping offences earlier in the year.

He lost in the first round of the French Open, and will be glad to be back playing on his favoured grass after a torturous clay-court season.

Fellow Britons Jamie Delgado, Jonathan Marray, and Arvind Parmar are also in action today, with qualifier Delgado facing the most difficult test in the form of seeded American Taylor Dent.

Highly-rated youngster Marray comes up against Belgium's Christophe Rochus, while British number three Parmar faces Frank Dancevic of Canada, who beat Rusedski at Surbiton.

Tim Henman has a bye until Wednesday in a top-class competition that also includes, Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt, Guillermo Coria and Andre Agassi.