2K Reveals The Line-Up For Top Spin 4

It has been over two years since the last Top Spin tennis game but now, with the introduction of Top Spin 4, it’s back and ready to work all you tennis-loving folk into a summery lather.

This year’s game will feature the largest ever roster for a Top Spin game, twenty five members in all, including such luminaries as Andre Agassi, Bjorn Borg and Boris Becker alongside contemporary players like Roger Federer, Jelena Jankovic and Andy Roddick.

The cover athletes will be world number one Rafael Nadal, men’s magazine favourite Ana Ivanovic and the human charisma bypass Andy Murray. 2K claim the game will feature “redesigned controls, jaw-dropping player models and enhanced TV-style presentation elements” with individual athletes boasting “player-specific swing styles and behavioural AI, custom celebrations and outfits”. They even coaxed Andy Murray to give his thoughts, which means that 2K’s PR team is better than 99% of tennis journalists working today. Murray reckons that it’s “ exciting that 2K Sports is giving gamers the chance to face off against different pros in realistic and detailed interactive matches.”

Hear, hear, old boy. For your delectation, here is the current confirmed line up of tennis professionals:

Andre Agassi, Bjorn Borg, Roger Federer, Jim Courier, Rafael Nadal, Boris Becker, Serena Williams, Patrick Rafter, Michael Chang, Dinara Safina, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras, Andy Roddick, James Blake, Caroline Wozniacki, Nikolay Davydenko, Gilles Simon, Bernard Tomic, Eugenie Bouchard, Stanislas Wawrinka, Vera Zvonareva, and Jelena Jankovic.

Top Spin 4 is slated for release on March 18th on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.