Aegon has taken over from BlackRock as the title sponsor of the popular end-of-year Masters Tennis tournament, which features a number of retired legends of the game.
The five-year deal means Aegon, already the lead partner for British Tennis, will sponsor the event at the Royal Albert Hall until at least 2013. It will now be called the Aegon Masters Tennis tournament. Confirmed senior players this year include Wimbledon champions Goran Ivanisevic and Stefan Edberg and, for the first time, two-time Wimbledon finalist Patrick Rafter. Hugely popular players in their time, British tennis fans will nevertheless not have forgotten it was Ivanisevic who put a stop to Tim Henman's best-ever chance to win Wimbledon in 2001, and Pat Rafter who defeated Greg...
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