Soweto Open: Divij-Purav pair in final

The second-seeded Divij Sharan and Purav Raja made the doubles final of the Soweto Open $100,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday.

In the final, the Indian pair will be challenged by Prakash Amritraj and Rajeev Ram who ousted the third-seeded Mate Pavic of Croatia and Goran Tosic of Montegro in the super tie-break.

The results: Doubles (semifinals): Rajeev Ram and Prakash Amritraj (US) bt Mate Pavic (Cro) and Goran Tosic (Mne) 6-3, 2-6, 10-5; Purav Raja and Divij Sharan bt Michal Przysiezny (Pol) and Denis Zivkovic (US) 6-4, 6-4.