Leander Paes and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela won the doubles title in the $125,000 Challenger tennis tournament here on Saturday.
The second-seeded Indo-Mexican pair beat Ariel Behar of Uruguay and Roberto Quiroz of Ecuador 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 in the final. The title was worth 110 ATP points and $7,750.
It was the second Challenger title of the season for the 45-year-old Paes, who had also won in Newport with James Cerretani of the US.
Meanwhile, in the Challenger in Italy, Purav Raja and Antonio Sancic of Croatia was beaten in the final by the fourth seeds Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen of Belgium 10-3 in the super tie-break.
The champions collected 80 ATP points and €3,950, while the runners-up got 48 points and €2,350.
The results:
$125,000 Challenger men, Santo Domingo: Doubles: Final: Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (Mex) & Leander Paes bt Ariel Behar (Uru) & Roberto Quiroz (Ecu) 4-6, 6-3, [10-5].
€ 64,000 Challenger men, Ortisei, Italy: Doubles: Final: Sander Gille & Joran Vliegen (Bel) bt Antonio Sancic (Cro) & Purav Raja 3-6, 6-3, [10-3].
