Tennis Premier League 2024 Auction LIVE: Big names including Rohan Bopanna to go under the hammer at the TPL Season 6 Auction

The Tennis Premier League Auction 2024 will be underway, with some big names including Rohan Bopanna to go under the hammer. Who will fetch the biggest bid? Stay tuned to Sportskeeda's TPL 2024 Auction live coverage to find out!

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Complete List of Players Sold:

Bengal Wizards:
Petra Maric - 35 lakh
Sriram Balaji - 6.20 lakh
Niki Poonacha - 3.80 lakh

Bengaluru SG Pipers:
Max Purcell - 42 lakh
Ankita Raina - 5 lakh
Anirudh Chandrasekar - 4 lakh

Punjab Patriots:
Elina Avanesyan - 42.20 lakh
Arjun Kadhe - 5 lakh
Mukund Sasikumar - 6.80 lakh

Hyderabad Strikers:
Harriet Dart - 35 lakh
Benjamin Lock - 5.20 lakh
Vishnu Vardhan - 14.80 lakh

Gujarat Panthers:
Sumit Nagal - 35 lakh
Sahaja Yamalapalli - 7.80 lakh
Vijay Sundar - 11.5 lakh

Yash Mumbai Eagles:
Jaqueline Christian - 41 lakh
Jeevan N - 5 lakh
Karan Singh - 7.90 lakh

Chennai Smashers:
Hugo Gaston - 35.10 lakh
Conny Perrin - 8.50 lakh
Rithvik Bollipalli - 3 lakh

Delhi Tigers:
Rohan Bopanna - 38 lakh
Iryna Shymanovich - 10.30 lakh
Aziz Dougaz - 3 lakh

Aziz Dougaz is sold to Delhi Tigers at his base price of 3 lakhs

Mukund Sasikumar is sold to Punjab Patriots for their remaining purse of 6.80 lakh!

Rithvik Bollipalli is sold to Chennai Smashers for the base price of 3 lakh!

Karan Singh is sold to Yash Mumbai Eagles for 7.90 lakh!

37-year-old Vijay Sundar is up next! Gujarat, Delhi, and Chennai take part in a bidding war for the experienced campaigner who is a gold medalist in doubles at 2016 South Asian Games.

The bid has now crossed the 10L mark and Vijay is ultimately SOLD to Gujarat Panthers for 11.5 Lakh!

We now have Anirudh Chandrasekar. The nine-time Doubles ITF title winner goes to Bengaluru SG Pipers for 4 Lakh!

The experienced Vishnu Vardhan comes in the pool now. The Asian Games medalist is SOLD to Hyderabad for 14.8 Lakh!

The 2021 National Championships winner Niki Poonacha is up next now and Bengal Wizards seal him for 13.8 Lakh!

Following them up is the 27-year-old Mukund Sasikumar who also remains UNSOLD!

It's time for the men's gold category!

Aziz, Hazim, and Carlos come up first and go UNSOLD!

Conny Perrin of Switzerland is up next and the Chennai Smashers secure her services for INR 8.50 Lakhs

Sahaja Yamalapalli is up next. The 23 year old finds a home in the Gujarat Panthers, who secure her services for a price of INR 7.80 Lakhs

Ankita Raina, India's second highest ranked Women's player is up next and she goes to the Bengaluru SG Pipers at the base price of 5 lakh!

Aldila Sutjiadi is up next and the Indonesian goes unsold

Next up, we have the Platinum Women's Category. Delhi, Gujarat, Bengaluru and Chennai are allowed to pick a player from this category. First up we have Iryna Shymanovich in the category and the Belarusian finds a home in Shrachi Delhi Rarh Tigers, with the franchise acquiring her services at INR 10.30 Lakhs

Arjun Kadhe is picked up by Punjab Patriots from the players pool and acquire him for the base price of INR 5.00 Lakhs. That ends the category of the Platinum Men's Category

Jeevan N is up next and Yash Mumbai Eagles acquire the services of the player at a base price of INR 5 Lakhs

Sriram Balaji is up next and the player from Tamil Nadu finds a home at INR 6.2 Lakhs to Gujarat Panthers. Bengal Wizard match the bid and retain the players services

Up next, we have the Platinum Mens category. The first player in the set is Benjamin Lock, who goes to Hyderabad Strikers for a price of INR 5.20 Lakhs

Petra Maric is up next and the Croatian finds a home at base price. Hyderabad Strikers managed to get the last player in the set, Harriet Dart, for a base price of INR 35 Lakhs

Armenia's Elina Avanesyan is up next. Hyderabad Strikers and Punjab Patriots are involved in an intense bidding battle and the Punjab Patriots secure her services for INR 42.20 Lakhs

India's Sumit Nagal is up next and the current 1st ranked Indian player will be looking for a new team. And the Gujarat Panthers snap him up for his base price of 35 lakh!

Hugo Gaston from France is up next. His crowning achievement is beating Stan Wawrinka in the French Open in 2020. Bengal have bid while Chennai join in too. Not much bidding as he is SOLD to Chennai Smashers for 35.10 lakh!

Indian legend Rohan Bopanna is up next! Leander Paes bids for him as Delhi Tigers raise their paddle. Hyderabad Strikers join in too. Chennai and Punjab now bid too as the price rises for the veteran and two time grand slam champion. And he is SOLD to Delhi Tigers for 38 lakhs!

The next player is Romania's Jaqueline Cristian, 80th ranked in singles who has won 14 singles and 10 doubles titles. A bidding war between Mumbai and Punjab ensues. Chennai have hopped in too one and so have Bengal. And is it SOLD to the Yash Mumbai Eagles at INR 41 lakh!

The first player is Max Purcell. The 26-year-old Aussie will be looking for a team. Delhi open the bidding and engage in a bidding war with Chennai. Hyderabad jump in too.

Remember, Max is ranked 89th in the world currently in Singles and is a two-time grand slam champion.

Punjab jump in too as the bid crosses the 40 lakh mark. And in the end, he is SOLD to the Bengaluru SG Pipers for INR 42 lakh.

We are starting off with the Diamond Players first. The base price is INR 35 lakh rupees. There are 8 players in it - 4 men and 4 women. Each team has to compulsorily pick a diamond player.

Right then, we are through with all the formalities and it is time for the auction to commence shortly! Apparently not, there seem to be more photo ops involving Leander Paes, Sania Mirza, Mahesh Bhupathi and team owners before we get underway!

The team owners are welcomed one-by-one and handed their paddles that they will be using at the auction.

The league owners - Kunal and Mrunal address the owners. There are multiple dignitaries that are addressing the owners before we commence.

This season will have 8 teams with debutants and some returning with new names. The Bengal Wizards, Bengaluru SG Pipers, Punjab Patriots and Hyderabad Strikers will return as it is while the teams from Gujarat and Mumbai will return as the Gujarat Panthers and Yash Mumbai Eagles, respectively. Meanwhile the Chennai Smashers and Delhi Shrachi SportsEndure Pvt. Ltd. will take the court for the first time.

Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's live coverage of the Tennis Premier League 2024 Auction. After a great edition in 2023, TPL returns for the next season. The sixth season will be held in Mumbai's CCI later this year and will feature some big names, including Rohan Bopanna.

Before the league commences will be the auction, and as the saying goes that 50% of the battle is won at the auction table, teams will be looking to build some formidable teams and assemble some of the biggest names in the Indian tennis fraternity.

Promises to be an action-paced affair. Stay tuned as we take you through all that unfolds over the course of this auction!