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Titilope Adeuja
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The inaugural International Premier Tennis League will be the end-of-season event to be played around Asia this year, and organisers have drafted former grand slam champions to play in the competition.
The teams are all Asian: Bangkok, Dubai, Mumbai and Singapore, with each team having the former male and female champions.
The games will be played on a round-robin basis across the states from November to December 13 to promote the game in the Asian continent which has been inspired to fashion after the Indian Premier League in cricket.
The IPTL is the project of former doubles king, Mahesh Bhupathi, who confirmed the array of stars, "We've got some unbelievably strong teams. I think out of the 28 players that got drafted we have about 21 Grand Slam champions. We have 14 present and past number ones. It's a pretty blockbuster field."
The games will be played in sets of best fives in men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles and men's legends formats.
The various teams are:
Team Singapore: Tomas Berdych, Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, Serena Williams, Bruno Soares, Pat Rafter, Daniela Hantuchova, Nick Krygios.
Team Bangkok: Andy Murray, Jo Wilfred Tsonga, Victoria Azarenka, Daniel Nestor, Carlos Moya, Kirsten Flipkens.
Team Mumbai: Rafael Nadal, Gael Monfils, Pete Sampras. Rohan Bopanna, Ana Ivanovic, Sania Mirza, Fabrice Santoro.
Team Dubai: Novak Djokovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Goran Ivanisevic, Janko Tipsarevic, Nenad Zimonic, Malek Jaziri, Martina Hingis.
The teams are all Asian: Bangkok, Dubai, Mumbai and Singapore, with each team having the former male and female champions.
The games will be played on a round-robin basis across the states from November to December 13 to promote the game in the Asian continent which has been inspired to fashion after the Indian Premier League in cricket.
The IPTL is the project of former doubles king, Mahesh Bhupathi, who confirmed the array of stars, "We've got some unbelievably strong teams. I think out of the 28 players that got drafted we have about 21 Grand Slam champions. We have 14 present and past number ones. It's a pretty blockbuster field."
The games will be played in sets of best fives in men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles and men's legends formats.
The various teams are:
Team Singapore: Tomas Berdych, Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, Serena Williams, Bruno Soares, Pat Rafter, Daniela Hantuchova, Nick Krygios.
Team Bangkok: Andy Murray, Jo Wilfred Tsonga, Victoria Azarenka, Daniel Nestor, Carlos Moya, Kirsten Flipkens.
Team Mumbai: Rafael Nadal, Gael Monfils, Pete Sampras. Rohan Bopanna, Ana Ivanovic, Sania Mirza, Fabrice Santoro.
Team Dubai: Novak Djokovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Goran Ivanisevic, Janko Tipsarevic, Nenad Zimonic, Malek Jaziri, Martina Hingis.
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