Singapore Slammers is new IPTL Champion

In an anticlimactic result for the Indian Aces, who had topped the table coming into the final, the Indian team lost the champions crowns to hosts Singapore Slammers, who prevailed 26-21 in the final. Indian Aces were easily the most dominant side this season, losing only three matches and winning 54.1% of the games they played in their campaign.

Carlos Moya handed slammers a two point lead with his 6-4 win over Fabrice Santoro in the Legend Singles. Belinda Bencic extended her team’s lead after she beat Kuznetsova 6-4 in a grueling women singles that lasted 42 minutes. The Indian aces roared back with a 6-2 win in the mixed doubles as Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna teamed up for an impressive win over Dustin Brown and Karolina Pliskova.

Two-time grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka then beat Bernard Tomic 6-3 in the men’s singles to help Slammers maintain slight edge. The men’s doubles, this season last set, turned into a title deciding contest and it was Slammers pair of Wawrinka and Marcelo Melo that prevailed 6-3 against Bopanna and Ivan Dodig to give Singapore a 26-21 win. The Slammers, coached by India’s double specialist Purav Raja, claimed a prize pursed of $1 Million while Indian Aces got $500,000.

Ivan Dodig was adjudged the most valuable player (male) while Slammers Belinda Bencic was adjudged the most valuable player (female) for their superlative performances through the season. They got $50,000 each for the dominant tennis they played all throughout the season. Bhupathi said they will continue with five teams in the next season.

2015 Rogers Cup

The 2015 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank is a Tennis Tournament played on Outdoor Hard Courts. It was the 126^th edition for men and the 114^th edition for women of the Canadian Open, and is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the 2015 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier 5 Tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour, plus is the 2015 US Open series event.

The men’s event was held at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, from August 10 to August 16, and the Women event at the Rexall Centre in Toronto, from August 10 to August 16. Second Seed Andy Murray won the Men’s Singles title while Belinda Bencic won the Women Singles Title. Andy Murray ended an eight match losing run against Novak Djokovic, beating the world number one for the first time in two years to win the Rogers Cup.

The British Number one’s 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory in three hours in Montreal earned him a fourth title of the year. A first win over the Serbian since the 2013 Wimbledon final will be a huge boost for Murray before the US Open in New York starts on 31 August. The Scot dominated from the baseline as he claimed an 11^th Masters title.

On the other hand, eighteen year old Belinda Bencic won women Singles beating Simona Halep in final. Simona retired in third round after losing three game points due to injury in leg. Men’s doubles tournament is won by Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. Women’s doubles is won by Bethanie Mattek Sands and Lucie Safarova.