MANILA, Philippines -- The Singapore Slammers dethroned the defending champion Micromax Indian Aces after a 26-21 victory in the final day of the Coca-Cola Premier Tennis League Season 2 in front of ecstatic home crowd at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sunday night.
The Slammers came from behind winning the final two sets with Stan Wawrinka beating Bernard Tomic, 6-3, then he teamed up with Marcelo Melo and scored another 6-3 win against the pair of Ivan Dodig and Rohan Bopanna.
Congrats to the new #IPTL Champs @SG_Slammers! Great display by them throughout the season! #BreakTheCode #IPTL2 pic.twitter.com/6q4107u9Mz
— IPTL (@iptl) December 20, 2015 SSSSLLLLAAAAMMMMMMMERRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSS Congrats @SG_Slammers you are very great #IPTL2 #Slammers pic.twitter.com/oJjSA9j6XU
— Cinzia Trà (@cinzia_tra) December 20, 2015 Slammers' Belinda Bencic won the MVP honors for the ladies while Aces' Dodig was named the MVP in the men's side in the tour which expanded to five cities this year.
The Flying Croatian @DodigTennis and the Swiss Miss @BelindaBencic win the MVP award for #IPTL2! #BreakTheCode
— IPTL (@iptl) December 20, 2015 TOO GOOD! @BelindaBencic? brings forth all her class in today's finals to clinch a point from @SvetlanaK27! #IPTL2 https://t.co/AixhPunbQm
— IPTL (@iptl) December 20, 2015