On day 1 of IPTL Debut, Andy Murray made his team with Maria Sharapova lost the match. International Premier Tennis League abbreviated as IPTL is going on in Philippines these days. In the mixed doubles, the stars of Manila Mavericks’ Andy Murray and Maria lost. Before this mixed double match, Andy Murray was beaten Marin Cilic by 6 – 5 in singles. The final tournament of IPTL will be held on 13th December. Andy Murray has been scheduled for IPTL to play for three days. The doubles will be played in Manila, Singapore, Dubai and Delhi.
Over 5 sets, the ties are being played. On day 1 Andy Murray and Sharapova were the highest profile players. However, after losing on Day 1, both of the players Andy and Sharapova are down by 6 – 4 in respect to Kristina Mladenovic and Nenad Zimonjic. The other prominent players playing in IPTL tournament are Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Novak. Former tennis champions i.e. Pat Rafter, Goran Ivanisovic, Ande Agassi and Pete Sampras are also playing. This is for the first time Andy Murray after getting defeated by Novak in ATP Finals has appeared. On day 1 Andy Murray got defeated twice. This was sad for the fans of Andy Murray around the globe. The ties that were decided by the total game accumulations, the challenge of Manila came to an end at time when Andy Murray was defeated by Cilic in 5 minutes shoot – out. The IPL Innovations has been drafted out as under
IPTL innovations
“Each match consists of five sets: men’s singles, women’s singles, mixed doubles, men’s doubles, and legends’ singles. The team that wins the most games, accumulated from all five sets, wins the match. Each set is played first to six games with a five-minute shoot-out at 5-5. Players have a 20-second shot clock between points. Team coaches can call a 60-second time-out once during each set. The receiving player can call a Power Point once every set, indicating that the next point counts double”
After this match, Andy Murray revealed that now he will be marrying his fiancé Kim Sears and during an interview, he also said that he will be marrying the next year but it is not sure news. Now let’s see what Andy Murray is going to do in the upcoming tournaments. The hopes from him are still high… After all he is a champion!
