Ivanov-Shetty, Kjaersfeldt guide Pune 7 Aces to their first ever win at PBL 4

Pune 7 Aces started their home leg with a 4-3 win over two-time runners-up Mumbai Rockets in a riveting tie that went down to the wire at the Premier Badminton League Season 4 here Saturday.

Flaunting pink for the cause of Breast Cancer Awareness, the Pune charge was led by Russia's Vladimir Ivanov and Denmark's Line Kjaersfeldt -- each of whom brought home a couple of wins to help the Season 4 debutants get their first ever victory.

Kjaersfeldt and the pair of Ivanov and Chirag Shetty made it a grand start for the home side by winning the women's singles and men's doubles rubbers respectively.

However, Mumbai showed some stunning resilience to fight back through their two men's singles exponents -- Anders Antonsen and Sameer Verma -- sending the tie into a deciding fifth match.

With little to separate the two teams, it all depended on who would hold their nerves under pressure.

Ivanov and Kjaersfeldt did an admirable job for Pune in the final rubber, beating Mumbai's ...