Indian Aces get off to bright start in Dubai
Defeat Singapore slammers 28-24 to win match 19 of the tournament
Abu Dhabi: Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna got past Bruno Soares and Daniela Hantuchova in the mixed-doubled match as the Indian Aces edged past Singapore Slammers in the UAE leg of the International Premier Tennis League, here on Thursday.Indian Aces were given a hard time by the Singapore team but they won four of the five games and won Match 19 of the tournament 28-24 in terms of more sets won.
Sania and Bopanna combined well to win a closely contested battle against the Brazilian-Slovak pair of Soares and Hantuchova 6-5.In the legends face off, Fabrice Santoro from Indian Aces sailed past former World No.1 Patrick Rafter of Australia 6-3.Serbian ace Ana Ivanovic also worked wonders for the Aces as the World No.5 beat Huntuchova 6-5 in the women's singles match.
Bopanna also paired with Gael Monfils in the men's doubles to teach Lleyton Hewitt and Soares a lesson as the Indo-French outplayed the Australian-Brazilian pair 6-3. Monfils then tripped against Tomas Berdych 4-8 in the men's singles but Indian Aces took were the team left smiling.