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 today 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 López 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 López.