Virtua Tennis 3 nets pros

Sega of America today announced the professional tennis players that will be featured in the forthcoming Virtua Tennis 3. The game is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2007 on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PlayStation Portable.

Leading the roster of women is 2006 Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo, the current number-one ranked player on the WTA. Though he just had a 55-match winning streak in North America broken, Roger Federer remains the top-ranked male player in the world and will also be featured in the game. Both players drew number-one seeds in the upcoming US Open.

This year, Virtua Tennis 3 adds new minigames to the mix, as well as court games, a multiplayer mode that adds "an innovative and quirky twist." This latest edition of the franchise will also let players compete in matches of up to five sets. For more information on the game, check out GameSpot's hands-on time with the game at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany.

The list of players featured in the game is below.

Men
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
Andy Roddick
Tim Henman
Lleyton Hewitt
David Nalbandian
Sebastien Grosjean
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Tommy Haas
James Blake
Mario Ancic
Gael Monfils
Taylor Dent

Women
Amelie Mauresmo
Maria Sharapova
Venus Williams
Martina Hingis
Lindsay Davenport
Nicole Vaidisova
Daniela Hantuchova