Four-times major winner Clijsters will continue her career
comeback after a seven-year hiatus that ended in 2019 at the
tournament she has won twice.
Three-times Grand Slam champion Murray will look to improve on
his best career finish at the tournament in 2015, when he
reached the semi-finals.
Fellow Briton and reigning U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has
also received a main draw wildcard.
The 18-year-old became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam
this month when she beat fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez of
Canada in straight sets.
Several top players including world number ones Novak Djokovic
and Ash Barty as well as Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer, Serena
Williams and Naomi Osaka will not be competing at the hardcourt
tournament in the Southern California desert.
The WTA 1000 and ATP Masters 1000 event, which was not held last
year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, runs from Oct. 4–17.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles, editing by Ed Osmond)
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