Mladenovic Unveils IPTL Trick Shot
Leading the OBI UAE Royals, Kristina Mladenovic thrilled the home crowd at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium en route to a 26-22 victory over the Legendari Japan Warriors.
Up against former Wimbledon semifinalist Kirsten Flipkens, Mladenovic played an impressive trick shot at the net, eventually winning the women’s singles set 6-2, in 21 minutes. Though Flipkens got her revenge in mixed doubles – pairing with Pierre-Hugues Herbert, she Belgian eked out the win against Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor, 6-5(3) – it wasn’t enough to make up the deficit for the Warriors, who won just two sets to the Royals’ three.
Earlier in the day, Agnieszka Radwanska continued to impress on behalf of the Micromax Indian Aces; the Pole defeated Belinda Bencic 6-3 in women’s singles. It was Bencic’s teammate, Karolina Pliskova, who pulled off the biggest upset of the night in mixed doubles. Partnering the always entertaining Dustin Brown, Pliskova defeated top ranked doubles player Sania Mirza. Playing with Rohan Bopanna, Pliskova and Brown won 6-5(5), and won the final two sets to lead the OUE Singpaore Slammers to a 27-16 victory over the Aces, who lost just their second match of the season.
Check out some of the best tweets of the night:
How can you not love @KikiMladenovic? #showgirl #IPTL2 pic.twitter.com/elwHQfxpv2
— Noémie. (@Saschatard) December 16, 2015
HAHAHA finallyy @KaPliskova https://t.co/BHMJPPUgLI
— Belinda Bencic (@BelindaBencic) December 16, 2015
What a rally and a happy @DreddyTennis? #Slammers Vs #Aces #IPTL2 in Dubai pic.twitter.com/tLhEyQxWz7
— Dreddy Updates (@DreddyTennisUpd) December 16, 2015
Could not choose better partner???@DreddyTennis https://t.co/2yxSdhiRtx
— Karolina Pliskova (@KaPliskova) December 16, 2015
@MirzaSania @serenawilliams @Ajlatom you need to ask?!!!?? lucky girl
— Jarmila Gajdosova (@tennis_jarkag) December 16, 2015
Singapore #Slammers 27-16 Indian Aces. ? #MakingOf pic.twitter.com/ywiCjDJslu
— #TeamBelinda (@FanOfBencic) December 16, 2015
The Singapore Saint? #Tenfie @andy_murray @NickKyrgios @marcelomelo83 @DreddyTennis @KaPliskova @BelindaBencic pic.twitter.com/84diruVthw
— IPTL (@iptl) December 16, 2015