IT'S RAINING SPORTS LEAGUES IN INDIA

    Double Dhamaka for the Tennis Fans in India

                    After successful leagues for cricket,hockey,badminton ,kabaddi and even football , India is set to have tennis leagues , not one but two.YES, two tennis leagues !

                    

                   The first one is International Premier Tennis League(IPTL) and the other one being Champions Tennis League(CTL). Both the leagues pack in so much talent and many international stars and legends have confirmed their participation.

International Premier Tennis League (IPTL)

                      IPTL was a brainchild of Mahesh Bhupathi and is based on the Indian Premier League.It is Asia based league, consisting of four franchises from four countries.  Delhi (India), Manila (Philippines) ,Dubai (UAE) and Singapore . For 2014 tournament, the current men's and women's world no ones Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams have confirmed their participation as well as other active players like Roger Federer ,Hewiit,Woznacki ,Sharapova,Ivanovic and legends like Pete Sampras , Andy Roddick ,Andre Agassi are also participating. 

                                                    

                      The Delhi based team has been named as Micromax Indian Aces . First , Rafael Nadal was gonna play for Indian aces but he withdrew from the competition and he was replaced by Roger Federer. Indian Aces is a strong team consisting of World no 2 Federer , Legend Pete Sampras ,Ana Ivanovic,Gael Monfils , Sania Mirza ,Rohan Bopanna and Fabrice Santoro.Indian fans will be excited to watch players like Federer and Sampras play in Delhi

Champions Tennis League ( CTL)

                          CTL was found by Former Indian tennis player Vijay Amritraj.Unlike IPTL, this league is based in India.It has six franchises players for a Prize of Rs.1 crore.The teams are from Mumbai , Delhi , Chennai,,Bangalore , Pune and Chandigarh.

                                                         

                          This is a short league taking place for 10 days in November.Venus Williams , David Ferrer ,Jalena Jankovic ,Martina Hingis are some of the International stars to play in the league. Vijay Amritraj has stated that CTL will not coincide with IPTL .

In a span of 2 months , India is gonna witness two world class tennis leagues. 2014 has been a revolutionary year for Indian sports with all these sports leagues gaining support .This is just the support India needs to propel in sports other than Cricket.