Roger Federer and Serena Williams have pulled out of this year’s International Premier Tennis League in what is a big blow to the tournament. The duo was scheduled to appear in the final leg of the competition in Hyderabad from Dec 9 to 11, for Indian Aces and Singapore Slammers respectively.

After entertaining the Indian crowd with a match between Federer and Nadal in 2015, the IPTL might miss few big names in the sport in this year's edition. With Nadal, who previously played for Indian Aces, surely set to miss it due to injury, Roger Federer could be only player to feature this time.