The IPTL has always managed to bring in top players, but this year there was a big surprise after the initial roster didn’t show any sign of the big 4.
2016 has been a rough season with Federer and Nadal out of the circuit early for injuries; Djokovic was drained from a mental and physical point of view, and Murray should be completely exhausted after his long and successful chase of the world no.1 rank. Therefore, it wouldn’t be a surprise if any of them will play the league, but there could be a surprise.
One Big 4 will join. BUPHATI
IPTL founder, Mahesh Bhupathi, confirmed that there is still hope to see a big name playing the exhibition. Mahesh commented
“One of the Big Four is definitely coming. We did not want to reveal all our cards today. We will announce the name in the next 48 hours,
All the players we had last year are back. We had a long list of players who wanted to come but unfortunately could not come because there were no spots. Everything is good.”
Let’s see who is the big one.
Current roster
Japan Warriors: Kei Nishikori, Fernando Verdasco, Kurumi Nara, Jelena Jankovic, Fernando Gonzalez, Marat Safin and Jean-Julien Rojer.
UAE Royals: Tomas Berdych, Pablo Cuevas, Ana Ivanovic, Martina Hingis, Goran Ivanisevic, Thomas Johansson and Daniel Nestor.
OUE Singapore Slammers: Serena Williams, Nick Kyrgios, Marcos Baghdatis, Kiki Bertens, Carlos Moya, Rainer Schuettler and Marcelo Melo.
Indian Aces: Feliciano Lopez, Ivan Dodig, Eugenie Bouchard, Thomas Enqvist, Mark Philippoussis, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna.
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