British tennis legends Tim Henman & Greg Rusedski praised the redevelopment of the Edgbaston Priory Club on Sunday marking the opening of the Club’s new centre court.

Named after the 1969 Wimbledon champion, who hails from nearby Kings Heath, the new centre court is a state-of-the art sunken arena which has been a cornerstone of the club’s redevelopment plans.

Henman, who was visiting the Club for the first time said: “It’s fantastic here, we just walked past the new clubhouse and it looks fantastic.

It was always one of the prominent clubs in this country, I think it’s not only important for the history, but for the development of the game in this country to really get more and more kids playing and increase accessibility at this kind of club. I’m very very impressed.

I still want to have a look around at the new clubhouse we’ve just seen the indoor courts and it is as good as it gets really. I think it’s fantastic that the money has been invested and the improvements have been made.”

Home to the Aegon Classic since 1982, Henman and Rusedski will take to the court once again on Sunday in a celebratory mixed-doubles match to mark the opening of the brand new centre court before the tournament gets into full swing.

Rusedski commented: “You couldn’t have a more perfect venue, we don’t always have the best weather here sometimes but hopefully we do this week and if not they can always use the indoor courts as well. They are such high quality indoor courts, grass courts and obviously the history of this club speaks for itself.”