Pliskova, Bencic Shine In IPTL

Pliskova, Bencic Shine In IPTL

  • Posted: Dec 11, 2015

A quartet of impact WTA players made their mark on the International Premier Tennis League Friday night as Karolina Pliskova, Belinda Bencic, Sania Mirza, and Agnieszka Radwanska all earned victories for their respective teams.

Pliskova and Bencic, good friends off the court, took turns playing for the OUE Singapore Slammers. Pliskova paired with charasmatic ATP star Dustin Brown to win a tight set of mixed doubles against Jarmila Gajdosova and Treat Huey, 6-5(7-2). Bencic immediately followed in women’s singles, winning a more emphatic 6-3 set over Ajla Tomljanovic – who stepped in for teammate and World No.1 Serena Williams. The Slammers overcame Gajdosova and Tomljanovic’s Philippine Mavericks 30-22.

Later on, Mirza and Radwanska – both winners at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global – took the court at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium to play for the Micromax Indian Aces. Taking on the Legendari Japan Warriors – led by Mirjana Lucic-Baroni and Kurumi Nara – Mirza won her set of mixed doubles with Rohan Bopanna over Lucic-Baroni and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, while Radwanska won her set of women’s singles, 6-2, over Nara, in 26 minutes.

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