Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
LONDON (AP) — Radek Stepanek and Dustin Brown have been granted wild cards into the main draw at Wimbledon.
The 37-year-old Stepanek, a Czech currently ranked No. 32, reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2006.
Brown, a German currently ranked No. 87, was a qualifier last year when he stunned Rafael Nadal in the second round.
British players Liam Broady, Alex Ward and James Ward were also given wild card entries on Wednesday.
Among the women, wild cards went to Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and Marina Melnikova of Russia
Hantuchova reached the quarterfinals in 2002 but hasn't gone past the second round the past four years and has fallen to No. 163 in the rankings.
British players Laura Robson, Tara Moore and Katie Swan also received wild cards.
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
