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Indian Aces end runners-up again, lose final to Slammers

PTI

HYDERABAD

Indian Aces' hopes of regaining the IPTL crown went up in smoke after failing to win a single match as defending champions Singapore Slammers retained the title with a dominating 30-14 win in summit clash on Sunday.

Former world number one, now retired, Carlos Moya was once in spectacular touch as the Spaniard beat Mark Philippoussis 6-4 to hand the initial advantage to his side. Kirsten Flipken has turned around matches with her solid game but on Sunday she could not do the job and together with Sania Mirza, lost the women's singles 3-6 to Kiki Bertens.

Sania came in as a substitute to Kirsten in the middle of the match. Sania and Rohan Bopanna came a cropper in the Mixed doubles set, losing 1-6 to Marcelo Melo and Bertens. Nick Kyrgios joined Melo and both took over Feliciano Lopez and Ivan Dodig and added on the misery of home team with a clinical 6-2 win.

With that result, Slammers had sealed the title, rendering the men's singles inconsequential. Marcos Baghdatis completed the win with a 6-4 win over Feliciano Lopez.

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Real Madrid team to avoid in Champions League draw

The Goan Network
Published Dec 12, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
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AFP Paris, FranceSeven former champions and nine dreaming of a first crown -- Monday's draw for the last 16 of the Champions League throws up a raft of fascinating permutations as the competition switches into knockout mode.Conventional wisdom says group winners can feel favoured as they are drawn out of the hat against a pool phase runner-up. But few group winners, if any, will be enthused by a draw with holders and 11-times champions Real Madrid.Real were denied top…

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