Federer set for Kooyong

ByEurosport

Published 11/10/2007 at 08:43 GMT

World number one Roger Federer will prepare for the defence of his Australian Open title at the Kooyong Classic, tournament organisers have announced.

TENNIS 2007 Roger Federer

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Federer, who won at Kooyong in 2005 and was the beaten finalist last year, will be playing at the eight man round-robin tournament for the fifth time before heading to Melbourne Park to bid for his fourth Australian Open title.

Two time defending champion Andy Roddick has also announced his participation in the event as have Russia's Marat Safin and 2007 Australian Open finalist Fernando Gonzalez.

Britain's Andy Murray, German Tommy Haas and Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia are also set to compete with the eighth place still open.

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