Mini-Circus - Champion's Tennis League 2015

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With all the hoopla over IPTL, don't forget the poorman's version of IPTL organized by Vijay Amrithraj, called Champion's Tennis League . If you remember, last year Venus Williams played in it. This is not international and happens just in India.

Six cities have "their" teams. Each team has four players: One current ATP Player, One current WTA Player, One former ATP player, One "up and coming" Indian Male Player.

This year they have Jelana Jankovic, Martina Hingis, Svitolina, Flaiva Pennetta, Alize Cornet and Heather Watson from WTA and Deliciano Lopez, Fernando Verdasco, Marcos Baghdatis, Karlovic,
Santiago Giraldo and RBA from ATP playing. Matches are already underway.

Here are the team rosters for the 6 city, 14 day long mini circus. Go Hyderabad Aces! :snicker

Mumbai Tennis Masters

Netherlands Richard Krajicek
Colombia Santiago Giraldo
Italy Flavia Pennetta
India Sriram Balaji

Nagpur Orangers

Spain Àlex Corretja
Spain Feliciano López
Serbia Jelena Janković
India Divij Sharan

Raipur Rangers

Austria Thomas Muster
Spain Roberto Bautista Agut
France Alizé Cornet
India Ramkumar Ramanathan

Hyderabad Aces

Sweden Thomas Johansson
Croatia Ivo Karlović
Switzerland Martina Hingis
India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan

Punjab Marshalls

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis
Ukraine Elina Svitolina
India Saketh Myneni

Chennai Warriors

Germany Rainer Schüttler
Spain Fernando Verdasco
United Kingdom Heather Watson
India Vishnu Vardhan

Here is the schedule. Four matches are already over.

23 November Mumbai Tennis Masters v Punjab Marshalls 19–21 MSLTA Stadium, Mumbai, Maharastra
24 November Mumbai Tennis Masters v Raipur Rangers 14–23 MSLTA Stadium, Mumbai, Maharastra
25 November V Chennai Warriors v Hyderabad Aces 16–25 SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
26 November V Chennai Warriors v Nagpur Orangers 23–24 SDAT Tennis Stadium, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
27 November Punjab Marshalls v Raipur Rangers CLTA Tennis Stadium, Chandigarh
28 November Punjab Marshalls v Mumbai Tennis Masters CLTA Tennis Stadium, Chandigarh
29 November Hyderabad Aces v Nagpur Orangers Fateh Maidan, Hyderabad, Telangana
30 November Hyderabad Aces v V Chennai Warriors Fateh Maidan, Hyderabad, Telangana
1 December Raipur Rangers v Mumbai Tennis Masters Balbir Juneja Stadium, Raipur
2 December Raipur Rangers v Punjab Marshalls Balbir Juneja Stadium, Raipur
3 December Nagpur Orangers v V Chennai Warriors Nagpur District Hard Court Tennis Association, Nagpur
4 December Nagpur Orangers v Hyderabad Aces Nagpur District Hard Court Tennis Association, Nagpur

 

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Punjab marshals have won all their ties so far.

Looks like they have increased the team size to 6. Each team has 3 Indians, 2 boys and a girl
on top of a ATP player, WTA player and a former ATP pro.

 

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I just thought I will keep ALL the fans snicker) CTL informed. It looks like the finals will be between Punjab Marshals and Nagpur Orangers.

 

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OK. The League is over.

The finals is between Punjab Marshals (Marcos Baghdatis & Svitolina) vs. Hyderabad Aces (Karlovic & Martina Hingis) on Dec. 6th.

 

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Punjab Marshals win by a score of 22-21 over Hyderabad Aces.

Marcos Baghdatis, Elina Sviotlina, Greg Rudeski and three Indian Juniors were part of the winning team.

 

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Finally, I got an exclusive thread for myself. :cover