Singapore Slammers defeated Philippine Mavericks 26-24 in an evenly-contested match of the International Premier Tennis league (IPTl) here on Thursday.
Mavericks won the men’s doubles and men’s legends singles rubber but the Slammers clinched the women’s singles, mixed doubles and the men’s singles games to come out trumps in the tie.
Serena ended up on the losing side, going down 4-6 to Karolina Pliskova.
It was a match that tossed between 6s and 4s with all sets reading the same scoreline, favouring one of two teams till 2 sets all, with Nick Kyrgios closing it for the Slammers against Milas Raonic in the last set.
Meanwhile, legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan became a co-owner of OUE Singapore Slammers. The team is also co-owned by the UD Group.
Royals beat Warriors
UAE Royals notched their second consecutive win with a comprehensive 30-15 victory over home team Japan Warriors.
Kristina Mlaenovic/Daniel Nestor beat Maria Sharapova and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-0 in the mixed doubles.
In singles Ana Ivanovic beat Maria Sharapova 6-4.
Meanwhile, in legends singles, Goran Ivanisevic defeated Marat Safin 6-4.
The men’s doubles saw Paes/Herbert lose 6-4 to Nestor/Berdych.
Finally, Berdych beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, closing out the match with his side winning by a huge margin.