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44-480: On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league's inaugural 2014 season would be based in Singapore . The team was founded by Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar and international business executives Kishan Gehlot, Shashi Kiran Shetty , Avi Bhojani, and Ajay Sethi. Gehlot is the chairman of East African real estate development and healthcare conglomerate Intex Group. Shetty

88-651: A payment deadline, PVP said it had withdrawn from the league due to lack of clarity over how IPTL's business model was progressing and disagreements over player contracts. PVP did not want the team to be solely responsible for payment of player salaries and favored the league being obligated as well. By June, the Manila franchise had been named the Manila Mavericks , the Falcons had become the UAE Royals and

132-464: A single set throughout. Bhupathi and Hingis defeated the sixth-seeded team of Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3, to capture the championship. It was the sixth mixed doubles Grand Slam for Bhupathi, and the first one for Hingis. By winning the Australian Open, Bhupathi completed a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. In 2007, Bhupathi and Radek Štěpánek reached

176-689: Is chairman of Allcargo Logistics Limited . Sethi is chairman of Channel 2 in Dubai . They collectively invested US$ 15 million to own the franchise. The Singapore franchise participated in the IPTL inaugural draft on 2 March 2014, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . Players selected by Singapore were By May 2014, the team was being referred to as the Singapore Lions . By June 2014, the Lions had become known as

220-410: Is decided by the coach of the home team. If two teams are playing at a neutral site, then a coin toss determines which coach chooses the order of play. The first serve in the first set is determined by a coin toss. The team that served last in the last game or tiebreaker of the previous set will receive during the next set. Each team can call a power point once in each set when receiving serve, and

264-424: Is known for his strong serve . According to Rafael Nadal , his strong backhand makes him the best for an Ad Court player. Roger Federer acclaims him as one of the best doubles players of all time. He often discusses strategies between the serves with his partner during the match and also communicates using finger-at-the-back signals. Bhupathi appeared with Paes in six season finales. In 2011, they appeared, for

308-631: The 2002 US Open . In 2011, Bhupathi reunited with former playing partner Leander Paes for the 2011 Australian Open . The team reached the final, but lost 3–6, 4–6 to the Bryan brothers. On 7 June 2012, Bhupathi and Sania Mirza won the French Open mixed doubles. On 4 November 2012, Bhupathi and partner Rohan Bopanna won the Paris Masters cup. In spite of suffering a setback with their loss against Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen in

352-425: The 2007 Australian Open men's doubles event 's quarterfinals. Bhupathi teamed with Štěpánek at the 2007 French Open to make the doubles semifinals, defeating two-year defending champions Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi in the quarterfinals. The team lost to the eventual champions Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor . After Wimbledon , Bhupathi teamed with Pavel Vízner to win the 2007 Canada Masters , defeating

396-531: The 2014 Coca-Cola International Premier Tennis League Presented by Qatar Airways season pursuant to sponsorship agreements with The Coca-Cola Company and Qatar Airways ) is the inaugural season of the professional team tennis league contested by four teams in Asia . Four teams will compete for the IPTL Challenge Trophy and a US$ 1 million grand prize by earning the most points in

440-698: The Asian Games . Bhupathi has played 55 matches for India in the Davis Cup (from 1995 to 2011), winning 35 and losing 20. Out of the 35 matches that he won, 27 of his victories came in doubles matches. In 2006, Bhupathi won the doubles championship with Leander Paes at the Asian Games in Doha. In 2001, he was awarded the Padma Shri , one of India's highest civilian awards. Bhupathi is an alumnus of

484-886: The Philippines and SingTel in Singapore . ABS-CBN will telecast the matches in the Philippines on the ABS-CBN Sports+Action and Balls channels. The league also said there would be television coverage of its matches in the United Kingdom , France , the Czech Republic , Serbia , Southeast Asia , Sub-Saharan Africa and Brazil . In total, television coverage of IPTL matches will be available in more than 125 countries worldwide and reach over 300 million households. On 3 November 2014, IPTL announced that The Coca-Cola Company had become

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528-525: The University of Mississippi in the United States. He is the founder of Globosport India private Limited which he started in 2002 as a sports and entertainment agency. He married model Shvetha Jaishankar in 2002 but the couple got divorced in 2009 after seven years of marriage. He then married Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta in a civil ceremony on 16 February 2011 at Bandra , Mumbai . It

572-643: The ATP Tour Finals opener, the Indian duo reached the final round of the ATP Tour Finals, but suffered a defeat at the hands of Marcel Granollers and Marc López . Bhupathi and Bopanna played with different partners for the first three months of 2013, Bhupathi winning the tournament in Dubai in March with Michaël Llodra , but rejoined starting with the Monte-Carlo Masters. Mahesh Bhupathi

616-591: The Hong Kong franchise among the five. Later news reports in February 2014, indicated that there would be five franchises including one based in Hong Kong but not one in the Middle East. IPTL conducted its inaugural player draft on 2 March. Right up until the day before the draft, the media remained under the impression that the Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur franchises would participate in the league and that

660-470: The Lions had become the Singapore Slammers . For the inaugural draft , each team was subject to a salary cap of US$ 10 million. Players who had expressed a willingness to participate were selected by the league and placed into categories. Teams could bid on these players with the player signing with the highest bidder in an auction -style format. Bids would be taken on 28 players in which

704-586: The Middle East franchise was doubtful. However, only four teams participated in the draft: Bangkok, Mumbai, Singapore and Middle East now referred to as the Dubai franchise. No mention was made by IPTL of the Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur franchises which had abruptly disappeared. By May, the Dubai franchise was being referred to as the UAE Falcons, the Mumbai franchise had been named the Indian Aces , and

748-605: The Singapore Slammers. On 4 August 2014, the Slammers announced that their home matches would be played at Singapore Indoor Stadium . On 27 October 2014, Joshua Eagle was named the Slammers' first coach. On 28 November 2014, the Indian Aces defeated the Slammers, 26–16, in the first match in IPTL history. The Slammers' first home match will be on 2 December 2014, against the Manila Mavericks . On 7 November 2014, IPTL announced it had reached an agreement for

792-636: The Singapore franchise was being referred to as the Singapore Lions. On 10 May, IPTL announced that the Bangkok franchise would be moved to Manila , Philippines due to political unrest in Thailand . On 19 June, an IPTL press release revealed the owners of the four franchises to the general public . The owner of the Indian franchise, Micromax Informatics Ltd. proved to be the reason

836-510: The Singapore television broadcasting rights with SingTel . On 20 November 2014, DBS Bank Ltd announced that it had become the Slammers' title sponsor. For the 2015 Season, local Singapore company UD Group, together with one of the best known faces and voices of global cinema, Amitabh Bachchan acquired the team and renamed the team OUE Singapore Slammers. 2014 International Premier Tennis League season The 2014 International Premier Tennis League season (2014 IPTL season, officially

880-561: The demands of Bhupathi and Bopanna of not playing along Paes. Two teams were sent for the London Olympics- 2012, with Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna as one team and the other team consisting of Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan. Bhupathi also accused AITA of using Sania Mirza as bait for Leander's participation in the Olympics. When AITA relented to the wishes of Bhupathi and Bopanna and permitted them to play together, they lost in

924-420: The fifth set is trailing in the match, the match will go to sudden-death overtime effectively extending the fifth set. If the leading team wins one game in overtime, it wins the match tie. If the trailing team wins enough games in overtime to tie the score without losing a game, a timed seven-minute men's singles super shoot-out is played to decide the winner of the match tie. A coin toss decides who serves first in

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968-483: The finals with Mark Knowles in 2008 and 2009. In 2012, he and Rohan Bopanna made it to the final, where they lost to Marcel Granollers and Marc López . By winning the 2006 Australian Open title, Bhupathi completed the mixed doubles Career Grand Slam. He became the eighth male player in history to achieve this. The tournaments won by Bhupathi are in boldface, and advanced into finals by Bhupathi are in italics.    Not seeded at all, or not seeded inside

1012-401: The first Indian to win a major tournament (with Rika Hiraki ). With his win at the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles , he joined the elite group of eight tennis players who have achieved a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. He is also the founder of International Premier Tennis League . In December 2016, Bhupathi was appointed as India's next non-playing Davis Cup captain and took over

1056-462: The first time since 1952. On 26 April of that year, they became the world no. 1 doubles team. Bhupathi also won the US Open mixed doubles with Ai Sugiyama of Japan. In 2006, Bhupathi teamed with Martina Hingis in the Australian Open mixed doubles competition. Entering the tournament unseeded and as wildcards, the first-time pair defeated four seeded opponents along the way, while only dropping

1100-538: The first time since 2002, after securing qualification in mid-October. Bhupathi played at the year-end championships with Paes from 1997 to 2000 and in 2002, reaching three finals. In 1997, they lost the final to Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark . They lost the 1999 final to Sébastien Lareau and Alex O’Brien . In 2000, they lost the final to Donald Johnson and Pieter Norval . Bhupathi also qualified with Max Mirnyi in 2003, 2004, and 2010, when they finished runners-up to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić . He appeared at

1144-839: The founding of the International Premier Tennis League on 25 May 2013, in Paris . The initial plan was to start the league with six charter franchises in Asia with the inaugural season commencing in November 2014. Bhupathi said the league would be modeled after the Indian Premier League , a cricket league in India. Justin Gimelstob said that the league would be star-driven as World Team Tennis

1188-619: The league's matches live in both standard definition and high definition in India during its inaugural 2014 season. The league's matches will also be available live on STAR Sports's website . On 4 November 2014, Integrated Sports Media announced it had reached a deal with IPTL to televise every league match of the 2014 season on a pay-per-view basis in the United States . On 7 November 2014, IPTL announced it had reached agreements on television broadcast contracts with ABS-CBN in

1232-533: The league's title sponsor. On 26 November 2014, IPTL announced that Qatar Airways had become the league's presenting sponsor. The 1st season of IPTL was won by the Micromax Indian Aces with the runners-up being the Musafir.com UAE Royals . Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. In 1997, he became

1276-577: The locations of the six charter franchises for the league's inaugural season. Five franchises would play their home matches in Bangkok , Hong Kong , Kuala Lumpur , Mumbai and Singapore . A sixth franchise would play its home matches in an undisclosed city in the Middle East . There was confusion surrounding the announcement. Some media outlets reported that there would be five franchises, not six as had been previously announced, and did not include

1320-523: The men's doubles event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but lost the quarterfinals, to Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland, who went on to win the gold medal. Paes and Bhupathi decided to team up again at the Australian Open 2011, ending a nine-year separation on the ATP circuit. They reached the finals of the event, but lost to American twins Bob and Mike Bryan . Paes stated at

1364-420: The next point played will count double. Effectively, a player trailing 15–0 can directly get to 15–30 by winning the power point. Games are played to four points using no-ad scoring . Each game won by a player or doubles team adds one point to the team's score in the match. The team with the most points at the end of the five sets wins the match. Each set is won when a team is the first to reach six games won. If

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1408-459: The reins from Anand Amritraj in February 2017. Mahesh Bhupathi is considered one of the top doubles players of the 1990s and 2000s. In 1999, Bhupathi won three doubles titles with Leander Paes , including the French Open and Wimbledon . He and Paes became the first doubles team to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams , the first time such a feat has been achieved in the open era and

1452-411: The score is five-games-all, a timed five-minute shoot-out will be played. The player or doubles team leading at the end of five minutes wins the set. If the team that wins the fifth set is leading the match, the match is over. If the score is tied after one team has won the fifth set, a timed seven-minute men's singles super shoot-out is played. The result counts as a game point won. If the team that wins

1496-431: The second round to the unseeded French pairing of Richard Gasquet and Julien Benneteau . The duo of Bhupathi and Paes has the longest doubles streak in Davis Cup history. Bhupathi has also been involved in developing tennis facilities in India and, along with his company Globosport, has played a key role in developing and managing the careers of many Indian athletes, including Sania Mirza . Mahesh Bhupathi announced

1540-527: The super shoot-out. In the event that two or more teams share the highest points on the final tally, the criteria to decide the champion are Mahesh Bhupathi announced the founding of the International Premier Tennis League on 25 May 2013, in Paris . The initial plan was to start the league with six charter franchises in Asia with the inaugural season commencing in November 2014. On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced

1584-417: The team standings. A team that wins a match tie is awarded four points. A team that loses a match tie but wins at least 20 games in the match earns two points. A team that loses a match tie but wins at least 10 games earns one point. Each team will play 12 matches: three at home, three on the road and six at neutral sites. Each match comprises five sets each of a different category as follows: The order of play

1628-575: The team was no longer called the Mumbai franchise, because it preferred to have the team play its home matches in New Delhi . A group called PVP Ventures led by entrepreneur Prasad V Potluri ( Telugu : ప్రసాద్ వి పొట్లూరి ) and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar had been the original franchise owners with a plan to play home matches in Mumbai. While league managing director Bhupathi said PVP Ventures had been replaced by Micromax, because PVP missed

1672-432: The team won between 10 and 19 games. In case of a tie in point, teams are placed by games won percentage. The following table shows the day-by-day position of each team in the league standings. On 22 August 2014, IPTL announced it had reached an agreement for the Middle East and North Africa television broadcasting rights with Abu Dhabi Media . On 16 October 2014, IPTL announced that STAR Sports would broadcast

1716-796: The teams expressed interest in signing including players not categorized by IPTL. Each team participating in the draft was required to sign at least six players and could not sign more than ten. Players were placed into the following categories: Four charter franchises ( Bangkok , Dubai , Indian Aces and Singapore ) participated in the draft held in Dubai , United Arab Emirates , on 2 March 2014. References: Win  •   Loss  •   Home  •   Away  •   Neutral Standings are determined by points with four points awarded for each match won, two points awarded for each match lost in which te team won 20 or more games and one point awarded for each match lost in which

1760-542: The time that the best thing has been to have their friendship back. The Indian duo has a 303–103 career record together. They have a Davis Cup record of longest winning streak in doubles, with 23 straight wins. Leander Paes wanted to play with Mahesh Bhupathi in the men's doubles event of the London Olympics , to be held July–August 2012. On 19 June 2012, the All India Tennis association relented to

1804-493: The top 10    Seeded 10–4    Seeded no. 3    Seeded no. 2    Seeded no. 1    Not seeded at all, or not seeded inside the top 10    Seeded 10–4    Seeded no. 3    Seeded no. 2    Seeded no. 1 Bhupathi has donned Indian colours numerous times for the Davis Cup as well as other international tournaments, including

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1848-523: The top-ranked doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan en route. After this victory, he won a tournament in New Haven with Nenad Zimonjić . At the 2007 US Open , he and Zimonjić paired in doubles . After the US Open, the team that beat Bhupathi and Štěpánek in the French Open semifinals, Knowles and Nestor, split up. Bhupathi became Knowles' partner, while Zimonjić became Nestor's, but back surgery meant he

1892-576: Was followed by a Christian ceremony on 20 February 2011 at Sunset Point in Goa. On 1 August 2011, Dutta confirmed that she was pregnant with their first child. Their daughter Saira was born on 20 January 2012. In 2010, the couple started a film production company, Big Daddy Productions. In 2014, Mahesh Bhupathi launched an authentic Indian sports brand, ZEVEN. The company currently endorses Ravindra Jadeja , Rohan Bopanna , Shikhar Dhawan and Mary Kom , amongst others. Bhupathi and Leander Paes partnered in

1936-555: Was out until the end of the year. In 2009, Bhupathi and compatriot Sania Mirza won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open, beating Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram , 6–3, 6–1, in the final. The Indian pair thus made up for the disappointment of the previous year's final when they were beaten by Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonjić . With this win, Bhupathi's count in mixed doubles Grand Slam titles increased to seven. Bhupathi broke up his partnership with Knowles and began playing once again with Max Mirnyi , with whom he played to win

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