Saketh-Ramanathan win doubles crown

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: India’s Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan won the doubles title of the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger after dominating their French rivals Hugo Grenier and Alexandre Muller in the final on Saturday.

Banking on the support of the local crowd, the Indian pair won 6-3, 6-2 at the KSLTA Stadium. This was Saketh’s ninth doubles title at Challengers while Ramkumar registered his third victory in as many weeks. Meanwhile, qualifier Borna Gojo of Croatia rallied brilliantly from a set down to put up a fantastic display in the last two sets against Frenchman Alexandre Muller and storm into the final of the singles event where he will clash with Taipei’s Chun-hsin Tseng for the title. Tseng scripted an upset victory (7-5, 6-4) over sixth seed Enzo Couacaud, also of France, after being 2-5 down in the first set.

Results:

Men’s Singles Semifinals: QBorna Gojo (CRO) bt Alexandre Muller (FRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; Chun-hsin Tseng (TPE) bt 6-Enzo Couacaud (FRA) 7-5, 6-4.Final line-up: Q-Borna Gojo (CRO) Vs Chun-hsin Tseng (TPE) Men’s Doubles Finals: 3-Saketh Myneni (IND)/Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Hugo Grenier (FRA)/Alexandre Muller (FRA) 6-3, 6-2.