International Premier Tennis League 2014: Schedule, Format and Live Stream Info

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Published: November 27, 2014

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The inaugural edition of the International Premier Tennis League is to kick off in Manila this week, with the likes of Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic leading a star-studded cast list for the new event.

With the tournament set to take place over the course of three weeks across four Asian cities, the eyes of the tennis world will be on an event which could potentially dramatically change the tennis calendar should it take off.

Large paychecks are on offer to those competing, and the Telegraph's Simon Briggs reported earlier this year on the challenges the new event poses to the tennis world.

The schedule for the four stages of the 2014 edition is as follows:



This week the competition heads to Manila for its opening blows, with the three-day stage planned as shown below. The players will then rest for just one day before the high-intensity action resumes in Singapore next Tuesday:



 

Format

Each match in the competition will consist of five sets with the teams playing the sets in the following format:

Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Mixed Doubles
Men’s Doubles
Men’s Legends Singles

Each set will feature a standard race to six games, and the winner will add one point to his/her team's respective match score.

Should any set reach a score of five-all, a four-minute shootout will determine the set winner.



The winning team with the most points at the end of the five sets receives four points in the tournament league table. Should the match scores be level after five sets, a seven-minute "Super Shootout" will be played in the format of a traditional tiebreak to decide which team takes the four points.

As per the official rules, for the losing team:

A team that wins more than 20 game points wins 2 points
A team that wins more than 10 g...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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