The unheralded Indian pair of Rithvik Choudhary Bollipalli and Arjun Khade won the Almaty Open men’s doubles title on Sunday.
It was a dream-come-true moment for Bollipalli and Khade the Indian duo fought tooth and nail for one hour and 41 minutes to get the better of Colombia’s Nicolas Barrientos and Skander Mansouri of Tinusia 3-6 7-6 14-12 to win their first ATP 250 title.
India’s Sumit Nagal crashed out in the second round of qualifying at the Swiss Indoors in Basel.
Nagal, an Olympian and India’s top singles player lost 6-4 7-6(2) against James Duckworth of Australia in the qualifiers in Basel.
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