IPTL International Premier tennis League

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The following changes in the line up are likely for tomorrows match between Indian Aces
and UAE Royals.

1. Fed vs. Djokovic.
2. Fed & Pete vs. Zimonjic & Cilic.
3. Ana Ivanovic vs. Caroline Wozniacki.
4. Sania Mirza & Poppanna vs. Wozniacki & Zimonjic.
5. Fabrice Santoro vs. Goran Ivanisevic.

I am only talking about the match ups here and not the order in which they will be played.

 

[Hoergren]

Highlights from Wozniacki vs Flipkens yesterday:

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAcBMxy7ZuM[/video]

First match is over from day 3 in Delhi. Watched Hantuchova win 2 sets with brilliant play and before and after that everything went wrong for the Slammers - here is the result:

Final match coming up in an hour. Standings before the final match is as follows:

No sign of Caro today - wonder if she's left the team. What is very frustrating is that noone is telling the reason for her abcense. Too much noise from the audience today me thinks - more exhibition over it and that's bad.

 

[Hoergren]

Last match in Delhi was too much Bollywood, so to me it was a bit uninteresting, and with a missing Caroline - who was out without any explanation it made it all worse. You shall have the result anyway:

Standing hereafter before the last leg in Dubai is:

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Who won the Fed-Djoker match? I assume that Fed won it with a score line of 6-5, but they
had to play an extra game to make sure that Royal win the last game? Am I right? I did not watch
the match.

 

[Hoergren]

Who won the Fed-Djoker match? I assume that Fed won it with a score line of 6-5, but they
had to play an extra game to make sure that Royal win the last game? Am I right? I did not watch
the match.

You're getting it and you're completely right :clap

 

[Hoergren]

Seems that Caroline is still in the UAE Royals team. Schedule for DUBAI looks as follows - but changes can be made in the last minute:

and she is training hard for the new season
[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-ObdmYt4uU[/video]

Caroline in nice company:

Actual playlist UAE Royals vs Manila Mavericks

 

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IPTL Dubai day 1 is over and what a day it was. First - the sound level was nicely down again so one could concentrate about the tennis. Slammers and Aces started the fun and the result from their meeting is as follows:

Then a match between the Royals and the Mavericks which on paper looked like a sure victory for the Royals but it should show not that easy. It started out all well with a brilliant or maybe better very secure serving and playing Caroline. She's getting the hang of this new consept. She won 62 and that should later be Royals luck that she won that big. As you can see from the results - everything was decided in a final shootout where the Royals pulled out a 65 victory:

The standings before day 2 is as follows:

 

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Result from first match of today:

In the last match - doubles - there was a fall out of concentration from Monfils - fun to see but absolut ineffective so Mavericks was catching up fast as you can see - still leading team has to win the last point-

 

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Second day in Dubai started out with the Aces against the Mavericks. A little upgiving performance from the Mavericks compared to yesterdays efforts. If it hadn't been for the last set they wouldn't have got 20 points:

Next match is underway and it began with Caroline versus Daniela and that was a disaster for Caroline today. Totally uninspired and with a look like she din't want to be there she was exchanged with Kristina when she's behind 04. I've seen Caroline in a couple of sets now and it's only yesterday she played decent tennis - not her best but ok. I can conclude that this form is not for her like the case was with Maria Sharapova. They both have a diesel engine to warm up. Well that said - let's see what the rest of the sets bring. Well Royals lost

and the winner of thetournament is Indian Aces:

 

[Hoergren]

Last day of this new sort of tournament - IPTL - is underway. The Slammers are last in the ranking and are not doing much resistance - guess it's natural that you are a little bit careful. With Hanchucova a little bit off today because of problems with her lower back it can be a 5-0 win for the Mavericks. Then it's up to UAE Royals to beat the Aces to become #2. With a loss they probably will be #3 - well doesn't matter really - first result of the match then standings before the final match:

Like I imagined - no Caroline today, but she's still in Dubai.

The final standing and the winners: