Doumbia/Reboul win Chengdu to boost Turin hopes

Competing at the Chengdu Open seems to bring out the best in Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul.

The top seeds on Tuesday clinched their second consecutive title at the Chinese hard-court ATP 250 with a 6-4, 4-6, 10-4 triumph against Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti. Doumbia and Reboul won the first seven points of the Match Tie-break en route to claiming their third tour-level title of the season.

With their 96-minute win, Doumbia and Reboul also avenged their defeat to Bhambri and Olivetti in the teams’ only previous Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting earlier this season in Lyon. The French pair, which this week in Chengdu was competing together for the first time since Wimbledon, is now 31-15 for 2024.

Doumbia and Reboul have boosted their chances of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time with their title run. The duo has risen one spot to 14th in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings as a result of its triumph in Chengdu.

Nedunchezhiyan/Prashanth Triumph In Hangzhou
At the Hangzhou Open, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth rallied to their first ATP Tour title as a team with a 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-7 championship-match win against Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens.

Nedunchezhiyan and Prashanth won 80 per cent (39/49) of points behind their first serves, according to Infosys ATP Stats, in their one-hour, 49-minute victory. The Indian duo had played just one tour-level match together prior to Hangzhou, but went on to clinch four Match Tie-break victories at the hard-court ATP 250.

Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan celebrate their title in Hangzhou. Photo Credit: Hangzhou Open.

It was a second ATP Tour doubles crown for the 35-year-old Nedunchezhiyan, who also triumphed on home soil in Chennai in 2017 (w/ Rohan Bopanna). Tuesday’s title win in Hangzhou was the 37-year-old Prashanth’s first at tour-level.

“I want to thank Vijay Sundar for playing doubles with me,” said Nedunchezhiyan at the trophy ceremony. “It’s just the first year we are playing together and we’ve already got a 250 title. It feels surreal.”

Prashanth added: “I want to thank my partner. It’s very special for me, my first tour-level title… It was a great occasion for us. We enjoyed it, and I’m glad we won it.”

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