2014 Indian Aces season
The 2014 Indian Aces season (officially the 2014 Micromax Indian Aces season pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with Micromax Informatics Ltd., the team's current owner) is the inaugural season of the franchise playing in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL). Season recap. Founding of franchise. On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league inaugural 2014 season would be based in Delhi. On 19 June 2014, an IPTL press release revealed to the general public that the owner of the Indian franchise was Micromax Informatics Ltd. which preferred to  have the team play its home matches in New Delhi and not in Mumbai. A group called PVP Ventures led by entrepreneur Prasad V Potluri () and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar had been the original franchise owners with a plan to play home matches in Mumbai. While league managing director Mahesh Bhupathi said PVP Ventures had been replaced by Micromax, because PVP missed a payment deadline, PVP said it had withdrawn from the league due to lack of clarity over how IPTL's business model was progressing and disagreements over player contracts. PVP did not want the team to be solely  responsible for payment of player salaries and favored the league being obligated as well. Inaugural draft. The Indian Aces participated in the IPTL inaugural draft on 2 March 2014, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Players selected by Aces were Team name. By May 2014, the team was named the Indian Aces. Home venue. On 25 July 2014, the Aces announced that their home matches would be played at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, Delhi. Injury to Rafael Nadal and signing of Roger Federer. On 22 September 2014, the Aces announced that Rafael Nadal will not play due to  an injury. As a replacement, the Aces signed Roger Federer. First coach. On 27 October 2014, Fabrice Santoro was named the Aces' first coach. Match log. Key: MS = men's singles; MD = men's doubles; WS = women's singles; XD = mixed doubles; LS = legends' singles; OT = overtime (additional games played in extended fifth sets); SO = men's singles super shoot-out Roster. "Reference": Television coverage. Television coverage of Aces matches in India will be provided by STAR Sports.