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Nadal & Mirza to Lead Indian Aces for IPTL 2015Bopanna, Santoro and Monfils joined by Radwanska & Dodig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Delhi, Delhi, India -Japan Warriors is 5th team in Season 2 scheduled from 2nd – 20th December 2015 -Galaxy of global Tennis Stars confirmed for 2nd edition of unique team tennis competition
The global Player Draft for the second edition of the Coca-Cola International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) was held on 12th April 2015 in Dubai. Amidst much anticipation and excitement, the team owners met to put their teams together for the second season scheduled from 2nd – 20th December 2015.
Winners of the inaugural IPTL in 2014, the Micromax Indian Aces will be led by world no. 2 Rafael Nadal and Agnieszka Radwanska, along with team mates Gael Monfils, Ivan Dodig, Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna and Fabrice Santoro. Nadal missed his date with the Indian Aces in the inaugural season due to an injury which forced him to withdraw from the competition.
Adding to the excitement in this unique team tennis competition, Japan was announced as the 5th country on the multi-nation IPTL tour for the second season in 2015with “Japan Warriors” as the name of the home franchise to compete in the League.
Mahesh Bhupathi, on behalf of the IPTL said: “We started off to an exciting beginning in 2014. The first edition was a resounding success in terms of player and fan acceptance. Television and digital audiences enjoyed a very high level of competition, and we have set a high bar for ourselves. We are confident of building on the success of last year to come back with a bigger and better product in 2015.”
Bhupathi added: “Tennis is on a tremendous growth path in Asia led by Japan. The country boasts of 3 men’s players in the top 100. Japan coming on board as the 5th Asian country led by their top star Nishikori, proves that the league is on the right path.”
The final player line-up for all 5 teams for IPTL 2015 is as given below:
About International Premier Tennis League The International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) is a unique team-based tennis league founded by multiple grand-slam winner, India’s Mahesh Bhupathi. Played across 4 countries in Asia, the inaugural edition in 2014 featured 21 Grand Slam Champions and 14 current/former World Number Ones. Micromax Indian Aces won the 2014 title and prize money of USD 1 million. The inaugural edition was played in front of packed audiences in Manila, Singapore, New Delhi and Dubai between 28th November and 13th December 2014.
The IPTL promises to ‘Break the Code’ of the game’s traditional etiquette in order to attract a new audience to the sport. Modeled after successful international sports franchise concepts and being recognized as tennis’ newest spectacle, the IPTL combines world-class sport and entertainment in a format that keeps both spectators and global TV viewers thoroughly engaged.
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