Third-seeded Purav Raja and Divij Sharan won their first title of the season as they beat fourth seeds Santiago Gonzalez and Artem Sitak 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the €106,000 Challenger here on Sunday.
It was smooth passage to the title for the Indian pair, which had won four Challenger titles apart from a Tour title last season.
Purav and Divij, who had won all their matches in straight sets, except for the quarterfinals against Alex Bolt and Thanasi Kokkinakis, collected 110 ATP points and €6,580.
The duo had defeated second seeds Leander Paes and Scott Lipsky in the semifinals, for the loss of five games.
It will be a better level next week for Purav and Divij as they will compete in the €540,310, ATP 250 event in Lyon, France, with a tough first round against Jonathan Erlich of Israel and Andre Sa of Brazil.
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan has also a got a wild card entry for the same event with Christopher Rungkat of Indonesia.
There was some good news from the $250,000 WTA event in Strasbourg (France), as Prarthana Thombare won her first WTA-level match with Vera Lapko of Belarus.
The results:
€106,000 Challenger, Bordeaux: Final: Purav Raja & Divij Sharan bt Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) & Artem Sitak (Nzl) 6-4, 6-4.
WTA Strasbourg International: First round: Vera Lapko (Blr) & Prarthana Thombare bt Liang Chen (Chn) & Katarzyna Piter (Pol) 6-3, 6-4.
