IPTL 2016: Singapore Slammers defend title with dominating win over Indian Aces

Hyderabad: Indian Aces’ hopes of regaining the IPTL crown went up in smoke after failing to win a single match as defending champions Singapore Slammers retained the title with a dominating 30-14 win in summit clash on Sunday. The final, in Hyderabad, was a rematch of last year’s title decider although this time it was played at the Aces home arena.

Former world number one, now retired, Carlos Moya was once in spectacular touch as the Spaniard beat Mark Philippoussis 6-4 to hand the initial advantage to his side. Kirsten Flipken has turned around a matches with her solid game but on Sunday she could not do the job and together with Sania Mirza, lost the women’s singles 3-6 to Kiki Bertens. Sania came in as a substitute to Kirsten in the middle of the match. Sania and Rohan Bopanna came a cropper in the Mixed doubles set, losing 1-6 to Marcelo Melo and Bertens. Nick Kyrgios joined Melo and both took over Feliciano López and Ivan Dodig and added on the misery of home team with a clinical 6-2 win. With that result, Slammers had sealed the title, rendering the men’s singles inconsequential. Marcos Baghdatis completed the win with a 6-4 win over Feliciano López.