High-octane IPTL action lined-up for tennis fans in New Delhi
WITH TWO SUPER successful pit stops, the International Premier Tennis League 2015 (IPTL) now moves to its third destination, Delhi, starting 10th December 2015. And a super scintillating face-off between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal promises tennis action like never before right here in Delhi!
With 3 days of sizzling tennis that saw packed houses in Manila, the action is now set for Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in the capital, with the home team, Micromax Indian Aces, the defending champions and table-toppers ready to showcase their power brand of tennis on home turf.
Leading the charge for the home team will be Rafael Nadal who will be joined by Agnieszka Radwanska and the core group of India’s very own Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna along with Ivan Dodig and player-coach Fabrice Santoro. The team has been off to a superb start having won 3 matches out of the 4 played so far, boasting of a win-loss percentage 54.36%.
Besides, the Indian Aces' stars, fans will also have the opportunity to see marquee names in, Ana Ivanovic, Belinda Bencic, Nick Kyrgios, Kristina Mladenovic, Leander Paes, Daniel Nestor, Dustin Brown among others along with legends Marat Safin, Fabrice Santoro, Goran Ivanisevic and Carlos Moya - live in action.
Teams with their line-up for the Delhi leg:
| JAPAN WARRIORS | PHILIPPINE MAVERICKS | INDIAN ACES | SINGAPORE SLAMMERS | UAE ROYALS |
| Mirjana Lucic |
Milos Raonic
|
Rafael Nadal | Dustin Brown | Roger Federer |
| Kurumi Nara | Treat Huey | Rohan Bopanna | Carlos Moya | Tomas Berdych |
| Marat Safin | Roger Vasselin | Sania Mirza | Belinda Bencic | Ana Ivanovic |
| Leander Paes | Jarmila Gajdosova | Ivan Dodig | Nick Kyrgios | Marin Cilic |
| Philipp Kohlschreiber | Richard Gasquet | Fabrice Santoro | Karolina Pliskova | Goran Ivanisevic |
| Ajla Tomljanovic | Agnieszka Radwanska | Marcelo Melo | Kristina Mladenovic | |
| Mark Philippoussis | Daneil Nestor |
The league standings at the end of the 2nd leg in Delhi:
|
No. |
Team |
MP |
MW |
ML |
GW |
GL |
WL% |
|
1 |
Micromax Indian Aces |
4 |
3 |
1 |
106 |
89 |
54.36 |
|
2 |
Philippine Mavericks |
5 |
4 |
1 |
131 |
113 |
53.69 |
|
3 |
Obi UAE Royals |
5 |
3 |
2 |
118 |
117 |
50.21 |
|
4 |
OUE Singapore Slammers |
5 |
2 |
3 |
120 |
123 |
49.38 |
|
5 |
Legendari Japan Warriors |
5 |
0 |
5 |
104 |
137 |
43.15 |
