Tennis Premier League 2022: Finecab Hyderabad Strikers clinch title for second successive season

The
season
4
of
the
Tennis
Premier
League
closed
out
with
an
enthralling
final
day
that
saw
two
entertaining
semi-finals
and
a
repeat
of
the
finals
from
last
year.

The
first
semi-final
saw
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers
face
Chennai
Stallions.
Conny
Perrin
of
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers
drew
with
Ekaterina
Kazionova
of
Chennai
Stallions
in
a
game
that
ended
10-all.

The
next
match
was
the
Men’s
Singles
where
Nikki
Poonacha
of
Finecab
Hyderabad
beat
Mathias
Bourge
of
Chennai
Stallions
13-7.

It
was
followed
by
the
Mixed
Doubles
between
Sriram
Balaji
and
Conny
Perrin
of
Finecab
Hyderabad
who
took
on
Ekaterina
Kazionova
and
Anirudh
Chanderashekhar
of
Chennai
Stallions
that
ended
at
13-7,
with
Hyderabad
victorious.

Hyderabad
continued
their
winning
streak
in
the
Men’s
Doubles
played
by
Sriram
Balaji
and
Nikki
Poonacha
who
beat
Mathias
Bourge
and
Anirudh
Chanderashekhar
of
Chennai
Stallions
which
ended
at
12-8.
Hyderabad
swept
Chennai
stallions
by
a
total
of
48-32
to
reach
the
finals.

The
second
semi-finals
saw
Mumbai
Leon
Army
go
up
against
Bengaluru
Spartans.
Karman
Kaur
Thandi
of
Bengaluru
Spartans
defeated
Akanksha
Nitture
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army
13-7
in
the
Women’s
Singles.

In
the
Men’s
singles
category
Ramkumar
Ramanathan
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army
beat
Siddharth
Rawat
of
Bengaluru
Spartans
11-9.

The
Mixed
double
game
followed
after
which
was
played
by
Jeevan
Nedunchezhiyan
&
Akanksha
Netturi
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army
clashed
against
Vishnu
Vardhan
&
Karman
Kaur
Thandi
of
Bengaluru
Spartans
in
which
Mumbai
beat
Bengaluru
12-8.

Ramkumar
Ramanathan
and
Jeevan
Nedunnchezhiyan
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army
beat
Siddharth
Rawat
and
Vishnu
Vardhan
of
Bengaluru
Spartans
11-9
and
led
the
Mumbai
Spartans
into
the
finals
with
a
final
score
of
41-39.

The
grand
finale
saw
a
repeat
of
the
final
from
season
3
as
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers
clashed
against
Mumbai
Leon
Army.
Akanksha
Nitture
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army
lost
to
Conny
Perrin
of
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers
13-7.

In
the
Men’s
Singles
category
Ramkumar
Ramanathan
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army
beat
Nikki
Poonacha
of
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers,12-8.

The
next
game
was
the
Mixed
Doubles
category
in
which
Jeevan
Nedunnchezhiyan
&
Akanksha
Netturi
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army
beat
Sriram
Balaji
and
Conny
Perrin
of
Finecab
Hyderabad
13-7.

The
final
match
of
the
league
was
that
of
the
Men’s
Doubles,
which
was
played
by
Ramkumar
Ramanathan
and
Jeevan
Nedunnchezhiyan
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army
who
lost
Sriram
Balaji
and
Nikki
Poonacha
of
Finecab
Hyderabad
14-6.

The
final
score
read
41-32
in
favour
of
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers,
who
retained
their
league
title
and
were
crowned
champions
of
the
Tennis
Premier
League
for
the
second
year
in
a
row.

Meanwhile,
Mumbai
Leon
Army
won
the
TPL
Plus,
the
grassroots
league
of
the
Tennis
Premier
League
that
allows
young
tennis
athletes
a
platform
to
learn
form
international
and
Indian
stars.

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