Fourth seeds Purav Raja and Ramkumar Ramanathan won the doubles title, beating the second seeds Andrew Goransson of Sweden and Christopher Rungkat of Indonesia in the final of the $54,160 Challenger tennis tournament here on Sunday.
The title fetched 80 ATP points and $3100 for the Indian pair, while the runners-up had to be content with 48 points and $1,800.
It was the second Challenger doubles title of the season for Ramkumar, who had won one last year with Vijay Sundar Prashanth.
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Purav, who has also won Tour titles apart from more than a dozen Challenger titles in his career, was winning his first title of the season.
The results: $54,160 Challenger, Kobe, Japan: Doubles (final): Purav Raja & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Andre Goransson (Swe) & christopher Rungkat (Ina) 7-6(6), 6-3 .