Andy Murray to face top doubles seeds at Queen's Club as British contingent handed tough draws

British trio Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans have all been handed tough draws for next week's Fever-Tree Championships at Queen’s Club.

Murray - making his eagerly-anticipated return to competitive tennis in the men's doubles competition - and playing partner Feliciano Lopez will face Colombian top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah on the grass courts in west London.

Murray has not played competitively since losing to Roberto Bautista Agut in the first round of January's Australian Open.

The Scot hopes to play at Eastbourne later in June, possibly with Lopez, but the three-time Grand Slam winner still needs a partner for Wimbledon.

If all goes to plan Murray hopes to be back in singles action later this year, although he has put no time frame on his return.

Speaking earlier in the week, Murray said: "With Feli, I was looking at guys to potentially play with in this tournament and ones I would be able to get in without taking a wild card from one of the other British grasscourt teams.

"Feli is a very good grasscourt player and someone I have always got on well with on the tour. He plays good doubles, he is a good partner."

Elsewhere, Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski face Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in another enticing first-round doubles clash.

British No1 Edmund was drawn against top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the first round of the singles, while fellow Briton Dan Evans faces a tough task against Stan Wawrinka.

Kevin Anderson, seeded second, will make his return to competitive action after being sidelined since March against another home favourite in Cameron Norrie.

Defending champion Marin Cilic opens his campaign against Cristian Garin while Juan Martin Del Potro faces Denis Shapovalov in round one.

The first round of singles and doubles is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, with the finals in each event set to take place in London on Sunday, June 23.

Additional reporting by the Press Association.