Saturday, November 9, 2024
spot_img

UAE Royals rope in Federer

Date:

Share post:

spot_img
spot_img

Dubai: Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer will play for the UAE Royals franchise in the second season of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), that will be held from December 2 to 20.
The announcement was made today at an event here that was attended by Mahesh Bhupathi, Managing Director – IPTL, Team India Test captain and co-owner of the UAE Royals Virat Kohli, Neelesh Bhatnagar and Sachin Gadoya, co-owners UAE Royals and Praveen Bhatnagar, CEO UAE Royals.
Roger joins a formidable team of tennis superstars that include Goran Ivanisevic, 2001 Wimbledon Champion, Ana Ivanovic, the 2008 French Open winner and current world no 7, Daniel Nestor, winner of 88 men’s doubles titles, Kristina Mladenovic, winner of the 2014 Australian Open and 2013 Wimbledon Championships and Tomas Berdych, the 2010 Wimbledon Championship finalist. The UAE leg of the league will be held from December 14 to 16 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium.
“I have always followed tennis with great interest and today I am glad to be part of a professional tennis league team” said Kohli at the official unveiling of the UAE Royals team for the second season of IPTL 2015. (UNI)

spot_img
spot_img

Related articles

NEHU: State Govt Intervention Crucial

Politics and political partisanship is the last thing that should poison the atmosphere at the North Eastern Hill...

The unhinged Human-Hunter/Menshohnoh

By Daphunlin M. Warjri The fact about with our state is that there has been this blood shedding ritual...

Proseshon-bah : Down memory lane

By Barnes Mawrie Come November! It is a month of excitement for the thousands of Catholics in Khasi-Jaiñtia Hills....

Hit by areca nut smuggling, Gambegre farmers hope for better days post by-poll

From Saurav Borah GAMBEGRE, Nov. 8: Rampant smuggling of areca nuts from Bangladesh, especially over the past year, has...