Mumbai, Sept. 1 -- India's only professional tennis league, the Tennis Premier League (TPL), is set to stage its much-anticipated seventh season from December 9 to 14 at the Gujarat University Tennis Stadium in Ahmedabad.
For the first time since its inception, the league will move outside Maharashtra, making this edition a landmark moment in TPL's journey. With the shift, TPL also becomes only the fourth sporting league in the country to achieve the milestone of reaching a seventh season.
The competition will feature eight franchises and is backed by leading sporting and entertainment personalities including Leander Paes, Sania Mirza, Mahesh Bhupathi, Rakul Preet Singh and Sonali Bendre. International stars ranked between 30 and 50 on th...