Today, we are sharing with you the schedule of second season of Champions Tennis League [CTL] which will be played for next two weeks starting 23rd November 2015. The final match is going to be played on 6th December5 2015 at Hyderabad, which is entering this tournament for 1st time with team name Hyderabad Aces. The first edition of CTL was played from 178 to 26 December 2014, which was won by Pune Marathas beating Delhi Dreamers in final by 27-23.
Mumbai Masters : Richard Krajicek, Santiago Giraldo, Flavia Pennetta, Sriram Balaji
Nagpur Oranges : Alex Corretja, Feliciano Lopez, Jelena Jankovic, Divij Sharan
Raipur Rangers : Thomas Muster, Roberto Agut, Alize Cornet, Ramkumar Ramanathan
Hyderabas Aces : Thomas Johansson, Ivo Karlovic, Martina Hingis, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Punjab Marshalls : Greg Rusedski, MarcosBaghdatis, Elina Svitolina, Saketh Myneni
Chennai Warriors : Rainer Schuttler, Fernanado Verdasco, Heather Watson, Vishnu Vardhan
Facebook : Click here
History of CTL
CTL is privately operated league by Vijay Amritraj's Sports Management company Second Serve Pvt. Ltd. In 2014, tournament was played for 10 days among 6 teams viz. Mumbai Tennis masters, Delhi Dreamers, Pune Marathas, Bangalore Raptors, Punjab Marshalls and Chennai Warriors. Marcos Baghdatis of Pune Marathas was the winner of Robert Amritraj Award 2014. This time Delhi, Pune, bangalore teams will be replaced Nagpur, Raipur, Hyderabad.
CTL 2014 Squads [More Information]
Mumbai Masters : Sergi Bruguera, Tommy Roberdo, Alize Cornet, Sriram balaji
Delhi Dreamers : Juan Carlos Ferrero, Kevin Anderson, Sanasm Singh, Jelena Jankovic
Pune Marathas : Pat Cash, Marcos Baghdatis, Agnieszka Radwanska, Saketh Myneni
Bangalore Raptors : Thomas Enqvist, Feliciano Lopez, Venus Williams, Ramkumar Ramanathan
Punjab Marshalls : Greg Rusedski, Somdev Devvarman, GarbineMuguruza, Leander Paes
Chennai Warriors : Mark Phillppoussis, Mikhail Youzhny, Martina Hingis, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
About CTL 2015
Teams are divided into two zones viz. A : Mumabi, Punjab, Raipur and B : Hyderabad, Nagpur, Chennai. Matches will be played between every team in zone at home and away basis i.e. total of 6 matches per zone. Top teams from both groups will face each other in finals. The player draft was conducted without auction from pool of 24 players. Winner will get prize amount of Rs. 1Cr. and runner-up will take home the amount of Rs. 50 lakh. The 2 weeks long [13 matches] tournament will be aired live on Sony SIX HD and Sony KIX in Indian sub-continent and in USA, live telecast by The Tennis Channel.
Nagpur Oranges : Alex Corretja, Feliciano Lopez, Jelena Jankovic, Divij Sharan
Raipur Rangers : Thomas Muster, Roberto Agut, Alize Cornet, Ramkumar Ramanathan
Hyderabas Aces : Thomas Johansson, Ivo Karlovic, Martina Hingis, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Punjab Marshalls : Greg Rusedski, MarcosBaghdatis, Elina Svitolina, Saketh Myneni
Chennai Warriors : Rainer Schuttler, Fernanado Verdasco, Heather Watson, Vishnu Vardhan
Schedule 2015
Date Match Venue23 Nov Mumbai v Punjab Mumbai 24 Nov Mumbai v Raipur Mumbai 25 Nov Chennai v Hyderabad Chennai 26 Nov Chennai v Nagpur Chennai 27 Nov Punjab v Raipur Chandigarh 28 Nov Punjab v Mumbai Chandigarh 29 Nov Hyderabad v Nagpur Hyderabad 30 Nov Chennai v Hyderabad Hyderabad 01 Nov Raipur v Mumbai Raipur 02 Nov Raipur v Punjab Raipur 03 Nov Nagpur v Chennai Nagpur 04 Nov Nagpur v Hyderabad Nagpur 06 Nov Topper A v Topper B Hyderabad
Official Accounts
Website : Click hereFacebook : Click here
No comments:
Post a Comment