Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan Win Uzbekistan ATP Challenger
Top-seeds Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan won the doubles title in the $75,000 Challenger tennis tournament at Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Saturday.
Updated:May 21, 2018, 5:31 PM IST
Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan.
Top-seeds Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan won the doubles title in the $75,000 Challenger tennis tournament at Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Saturday.
The pair got a walkover, the Indian pair, which had won the Chennai Challenger this season, did not drop a set in clinching the doubles trophy.
“We should get into the Wimbledon qualifying event with the new ranking. So, we come home to get the visa done and play events in UK leading up to Wimbledon,” Balaji was quoted as saying by Wimbledon.
Balaji and Vishnu had won nine titles last season, including three Challengers.
In the $25,000 ITF women’s event in China, Rutuja Bhosale lost in straight sets to Yue Yuan of China in the semifinals in the final from Mikhail Elgin and Denis Istomin.