Purav-Junaid duo emerges champion

Published - September 16, 2018 09:43 pm IST - ISTANBUL

 Holding court: Purav Raja and Rameez Junaid justified their No. 1 billing.

Holding court: Purav Raja and Rameez Junaid justified their No. 1 billing.

Purav Raja and Rameez Junaid of Australia justified their top billing with a 7-6(4), 4-6, [10-7] victory over second seeds Timur Khabibulin of Kazakhstan and Ukraine’s Vladyslav Manafov in the $75,000 Challenger on Sunday.

It was the 32-year-old Purav’s first title of the season.

He has bagged 14 Challenger titles with a variety of partners, apart from the two ATP crowns in Bogota and Los Cabos in Divij Sharan’s company.

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