Saturday 10 December 2016 19:25, UK
Indian Aces will take on defending champions Singapore Slammers for the International Premier Tennis League title on Sunday.
The Aces suffered a 24-20 defeat against UAE Royals on Saturday but the Slammers assured their place in the final with a 30-20 victory against the Japan Warriors in a winner-takes-all match.
Thomas Johannson routed Mark Philippoussis 6-2 in the legends singles before Kirsten Flipkens pulled one back for the Aces with a 6-3 win over former world No 1 Ana Ivanovic in the women's singles.
Home favourites Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna suffered a tame 6-3 defeat at the hands of Daniel Nestor and Ivanovic, although Bopanna and Ivan Dodig reduced the deficit to one point with a 6-3 win in the men's doubles against Pablo Cuevas and Nestor.
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The match came down to the men's singles in which Czech star Tomas Berdych defeated Dodig 6-3 to seal victory for the Royals.
Singapore, who needed to overturn a two-point deficit, were far more comfortable against the Warriors in the end with Carlos Moya, Kiki Bertens and Marcos Baghdatis all winning their singles matches.
And they won both their doubles clashes with Melo and Bertens edging past Jean-Julien Rojer and Jelena Jankovic while Nick Kyrgios teamed up with Melo to defeat Rojer and Prajnesh Gunneswaran.
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