Stella wild card for Philippousis

Former champion Mark Philippoussis has been awarded a wild card into the strongest ever field for the Stella Artois Championships, which start on June 12 in London.

The Australian, who won the title in 1997, will join six of the current world top 10 at the tournament, including Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt.

The final two wild cards went to American Mardy Fish and last year’s Wimbledon quarter-finalist Feliciano Lopez.