American brandon holt

Balewadi Sports Complex Tennis Stadium: Top seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth of India registered a 3-6, 6-3, 10-0 win over the second-seeded Australian pair of Blake Bayldon and Matthew Christopher Romios to emerge as the doubles champions at the Maha Open ATP Challenger 100 Men’s Tennis Championship at the Balewadi Sports Complex Tennis Stadium.

It was the first title together for Jeevan and Prashanth, and whilst it was the third title for Prashanth in Pune, the win Saturday for the Indian team fetched them prize money of INR 7 lakh and 100 ATP points, which pushed Jeevan to 94 and Prashanth to 104 in the world rankings, respectively.

In the singles finals to be played on Sunday, the sixth-seeded American Brandon Holt will take on unseeded Dalibor Svrcina of the Czech Republic.