Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Austine Krajicek of the US stormed into the doubles final of the $1,183,360 ATP tennis tournament here on Friday.
The unseeded Indo-American pair beat Guido Pella of Argentina and Joao Sousa of Portugal 7-5, 6-1 in the semifinals.
In the final, Jeevan and partner will play the top seeds Ivan Dodig and Mate Pavic of Croatia.
Rutuja Bhosale won the doubles title with Hiroko Kuwata of Japan in the $60,000 ITF women’s event in Darwin, Australia. It was the third doubles title this season for Rutuja, who has nine doubles titles and two singles titles in the professional circuit.
In the ITF men’s Futures in Thailand, Karunuday Singh lost the singles semifinals, but won the doubles title with Francis Casey Alcantara of Philippines. It was the second doubles title of the season for the 27-year-old Karunuday, who has won seven doubles titles and three singles titles in the professional circuit.
The results:
$1,183,360 ATP, Chengdu, China: Doubles (semifinals): Austin Krajicek (US) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Guido Pella (Arg) & Joao Sousa (Por) 7-5, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF men, Cairo, Egypt: Doubles (semifinals): Tejas Chaukulkar & Vasisht Cheruku bt Petr Hajek & Ondrej Krstev (Cze) 6-3, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF men, Hua Hin, Thailand: Singles (semifinals): Kento Takeuchi (Jpn) bt Karunuday Singh 7-6(3), 6-0. Doubles (final): Francis Casey Alcantara (Phi) & Karunuday Singh bt Nuttanon Kadchapanan & Palaphoom Kovapitukted (Tha) 6-3, 7-5.
$60,000 ITF women, Darwin, Australia: Doubles (final): Hiroko Kuwata (Jpn) & Rutuja Bhosale bt Kimberly Birrell (Aus) & Katy Dunne (GBR) 6-2, 6-4.
