The man who put tennis great Rafael Nadal out of the Miami Open recently has been announced for the Liverpool International Tennis Tournament.

Damir Dzumhur, who was a finalist in last year’s competition, will contest the 15^th edition of the popular event at Liverpool Cricket Club in June.

Placed number 94 in the ATP Rankings, the Bosnian defeated the nine-time French Open champion after the Spaniard retired due to illness in the third set when trailing 2-6, 6-4, 3-0.

Dzumhur went on to beat Mikhail Kukushkin to set up a tie with Milos Raonic in the last 16.

Anders Borg, director of the Liverpool International Tennis Tournament, says: “Players like David Ferrer and Caroline Wozniacki have played here. I believe he is now at the level they were at that when they were here.

“He beat a top 10 player for the first time ever when he beat Nadal and we have very high hopes for him. Beating someone like Nadal gives any player a boost.”

For the third year running, the tournament will be held at Liverpool Cricket Club in Aigburth – it had previously been held at Calderstones Park for over a decade.

The competition has played host to some of the legends of the tennis world over the years including John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, Martina Navratilova, Martina Hingis and Marion Bartoli.

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