Tennis Premier League: Bengaluru Spartans displace Finecab Hyderabad Strikers from the top of table on Day 2

Before
the
fixtures
began
on
Day
2
Co-Owner
of
Punjab
Tigers,
Mr
Raminder
Singh
shared
his
thoughts
on
his
team’s
performance,
as
he
said,
“I’m
overwhelmed
to
see
the
Tigers’ power-packed
performances
since
Day
1.
This
is
our
debut
season
and
it’s
so
enthralling
to
see
such
masterstrokes
from
each
player,
they’re
truly
bringing
their
A-game
on
the
court.
I’m
very
confident
about
our
team,
we’re
totally
charged
up
to
battle
it
out
with
more
power
in
the
next
matches.
Eagerly
awaiting!”

The
round
of
fixtures
on
day
2
of
the
Tennis
Premier
League
began
with
a
highly
anticipated
clash
between
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers
and
Bengaluru
Spartans.
The
match
started
with
the
Women’s
Singles
Category
as
Karman
Kaur
Thandi
of
Bengaluru
Spartans
went
up
against
Conny
Perrin
of
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers.

The
game
ended
14-6
in
favour
of
Conny
Perrin.
It
was
followed
by
the
Men’s
Single
Category
which
saw
Siddharth
Rawat
of
Bengaluru
Spartans
go
up
against
Nikki
Poonacha
of
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers,
the
tie
ended
in
favour
of
the
Bengaluru
Spartans
as
it
ended
12-8.

Siddharth
Rawat
and
Vishnu
Vardhan
of
Bengaluru
Spartans
played
against
Nikki
Poonacha
and
Sriram
Balaji
of
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers
in
the
Men’s
Doubles
Category,
which
ended
in
a
10
all
draw.
Vishnu
Vardhan
and
Karman
Kaur
Thandi
of
the
Bengaluru
Spartans
came
out
on
top
in
the
tie
against
Sriram
Balaji
and
Conny
Perrin
of
the
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers,
as
the
match
ended
13-7
in
favour
of
Bengaluru
Spartans.

Bengaluru
Spartans
won
the
fixture
as
they
secured
41
points
while
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers
amassed
39
points.
Before
the
game
against
the
Gujarat
Panthers,
mentor
of
the
Pune
Jaguars
Radhika
Tulpule
shared
how
much
she
is
enjoying
the
league
this
season
and
the
elite
level
of
tennis
she
is
getting
to
observe.

She
said,
“The
Boys
and
the
Girls,
they
both
are
playing
really
well.
We,
the
Pune
Jaguars
started
with
playing
against
probably
the
tougher
teams.
But
we
were
at
40
all
yesterday
and
it
was
quite
good.
Now
we
like
to
win
as
many
upcoming
fixtures
as
possible.
Today
I
think
the
singles
and
the
mixed
doubles
will
make
the
difference
for
us.
We
put
in
an
exceptional
performance
yesterday,
so
the
performances
have
been
good
so
far,
I
hope
we
can
keep
it
going.”

The
second
match
was
between
Gujarat
Panthers
and
Pune
Jaguars,
which
was
a
closely
contested
affair.
Ankita
Raina
of
Gujarat
Panthers
drew
with
Rutuja
Bhosale
of
Pune
Jaguars
after
the
game
ended
at
10
all.
It
was
followed
by
the
Men’s
Singles
category
Manish
Sureshkumar
of
the
Gujarat
Panthers
took
on
Arjun
Khade
of
Pune
Jaguars,
which
ended
12-8
in
favour
of
Pune
Jaguars.

Manish
Sureshkumar
and
Divij
Sharan
of
Gujarat
Panthers
went
up
against
Arjun
Khade
and
Vijay
Kumar
Prashanth
of
the
Pune
Jaguars
in
the
Men’s
Doubles
category,
which
ended
in
a
draw
as
the
scores
were
tied
at
10
all.

The
final
tie
of
the
game
was
the
Mixed
Doubles
category,
in
which
Ankita
Raina
and
Divij
Sharan
of
Gujarat
Panthers
beat
Rutuja
Bhosale
and
Vijay
Kumar
Prashanth
of
Pune
Jaguars,
with
a
score
of
13-7.
At
the
end
of
the
match
the
Pune
Jaguars
had
emerged
victorious
as
they
had
scored
45
points
whereas
the
Gujarat
Panthers
only
scored
35
points.

After
the
second
round
of
fixtures
Owner
of
the
Gujarat
Panthers,
Ramku
Patgir
shared
his
thoughts
on
his
team’s
performance,
as
he
said,
“Yesterday
we
had
a
great
run
and
we
started
with
a
positive
note.
We
were
up
by
10
points
so
that
was
a
really
good
boost
and
I
hope
we
can
keep
the
momentum
going.
Despite
trailing
in
the
table,
we
are
sure
that
we’ll
bounce
back
and
make
sure
that
we’re
at
least
in
the
top
four
so
we
can
play
the
semis
and
be
in
the
finals.”

The
third
fixture
was
between
Chennai
Stallions
and
Punjab
Tigers.
The
fixture
was
kicked-off
by
Ekaterina
Kazionova
of
the
Chennai
Stallions
taking
on
Diana
Marcinkevica
of
Punjab
Tigers.
The
game
ended
11-9
in
favour
of
Diana
Marcinkevica.

The
Men’s
Singles
category
saw
two
international
stars
go
up
against
each
other
in
Mathias
Bourge
of
Chennai
Stallions
taking
on
Malek
Jaziri
of
Punjab
Tigers,
which
ended
12-8
in
favour
of
Mathias
Bourge.
The
tie
was
followed
by
the
Men’s
Doubles.

Mathias
Bourge
and
Anirudh
Chandrashekhar
of
Chennai
Stallions
went
up
against
Denis
Istomin
and
Malek
Jaziri
of
Punjab
Tigers,
in
which
Chennai
Stallions
emerged
victorious
after
the
tie
ended
13-7.
The
fixture
was
closed
out
with
the
Mixed
Doubles
in
which
Ekaterina
Kazionova
and
Anirudh
Chandershekhar
represented
Chennai
Stallions
and
beat
Denis
Istomin
and
Diana
Marcinkevica
of
Punjab
Tigers,
after
the
tie
ended
14-6.
Chennai
Stallions
beat
Punjab
Tigers
as
the
match
ended
48-32
in
favour
of
the
Stallions.

The
last
fixture
of
Day
2
was
between
Delhi
Binny’s
Brigade
and
Mumbai
Leon
Army.
Sowjanya
Bavisetti
of
Delhi
Binny’s
Brigade
clashed
with
Valeriya
Strakhova
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army,
which
saw
Valeriya
come
out
on
top
with
a
score
of
14-6.
Mohamed
Aziz
Dougaz
of
Delhi
Binny’s
Brigade
lost
to
Ramkumar
Ramanathan
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army
as
the
tie
ended
11-9
in
favour
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army.

Mohamed
Aziz
Dougaz
and
Siddhanth
Banthia
of
Delhi
Binny’s
Brigade
went
up
against
Ramkumar
Ramanathan
and
Jeevan
Nedunchezhiyan
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army.
The
Men’s
Double
tie
ended
in
favour
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army
after
the
tie
ended
11-9.

The
day
was
closed
out
by
the
Mixed
Doubles
category
in
which
Siddhanth
Banthia
and
Sowjanya
Bavisetti
represented
Delhi
Binny’s
Brigade
who
lost
to
Jeevan
Nedunchezhiyan
and
Valeriya
Strakhova
of
Mumbai
Leon
Army
after
the
tie
ended
11-9.

Mumbai
Leon
Army
emerged
victorious
against
Delhi
Binny’s
Brigade
after
the
fixture
ended
49-31
to
close
out
the
second
day
of
season
4
of
the
Tennis
Premier
League.

Day
2
witnessed
some
blockbuster
clashes
on
the
court
at
the
Balewadi
Stadium
in
Pune.
There
were
some
changes
in
the
overall
league
table
too.
Bengaluru
Spartans
jumped
to
top
of
the
table
as
they
had
amassed
88
points
by
the
end
of
Day
2.
They
are
closely
followed
by
Finecab
Hyderabad
Strikers
who
sit
2nd
in
the
table
with
87
points.

Pune
Jaguars
sit
3rd
after
the
fixtures
on
Day
2
with
85
points
with
Mumbai
Leon
Army
right
on
their
heels
with
84
points.
Chennai
Stallions
and
Gujarat
Panthers
sit
5th
and
6th
in
the
table
respectively
after
Day
2
with
80
points
apiece.

Delhi
Binny’s
Brigade
sits
7th
in
the
table
with
71
points.
Punjab
Tigers
had
slipped
to
the
foot
of
the
table
as
the
newest
franchise
of
the
Tennis
Premier
League
had
managed
to
score
65
points
by
the
end
of
Day
2.

As
Day
2
proved
anything
can
happen
in
the
fast-paced
Tennis
Premier
League,
all
teams
will
realise
that
it’s
all
to
play
for
on
Day
3
on
the
9th
of
December
2022.

All
the
action
from
the
Tennis
Premier
League
being
held
at
Balewadi
Stadium
can
be
witnessed
live
on
SONY
TEN
2
channels
and
the
OTT
platform
SonyLIV
starting
from
4.30
pm
on
the
9th
of
December
2022.