Despite going down to Singapore Slammers 21-27, defending champions Indian aces reached the finals of the International Premier Tennis League(IPTL) at the Singapore indoor stadium here tomorrow.
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The mercurial teenager, who has been paired alongside Wawrinka to represent Singapore Slammers in the closing leg of the IPTL season this week, said that they haven’t talked about the incident at all, News.com.au reported.
The Slammers drew first blood in the opening men’s legends singles match as former world No. 1 Carlos Moya defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-4.
Then in the women’s singles; Belinda Bencic of the Slammers beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 to extend her team’s lead. “It’s not much but we will try to keep winning the matches”.
But the Aces closed the deficit when Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza defeated Dustin Brown and Karolina Pliskova in the mixed doubles.
The Slammers regained the momentum with a brilliant set by Stan Wawrinka to beat Bernard Tomic 6-3 in the men’s singles.
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Wawrinka had warmed to the task and looked as accomplished as his doubles world number one partner from Brazil, the pair dominating Bopanna and Ivan Dodig 6-3 to set off wild celebrations in the middle of the court. I just came the last few matches here, helping the team.
