Leander Paes and Marcus Daniell of New Zealand defeated fourth seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja 6-3, 7-6(4) in the doubles semifinals of the €137,560 Challenger tennis tournament here.
In the final, the second-seeded Paes and Daniell were scheduled to play top seeds Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan.
In the ITF men’s Futures in Harare, S.D. Prajwal lost in the singles semifinals to top seed Takanyi Garanganga, but won the doubles title in partenrship with compatriot Rishi Reddy.
It was the maiden professional title for both the players.
The results:
€137,560 Challenger, Ilkley: Doubles (semifinals): Marcus Daniell (NZ) & Leander Paes bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Purav Raja 6-3, 7-6(4).
$25,000 ITF men, Harare: Semifinals: Takanyi Garanganga (Zim) bt S.D. Prajwal Dev 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles (final): Prajwal & Rishi Reddy bt Martin Beran (Can) & Joshua Paris (GBR) 7-6(5), 6-4.
Semifinals: Prajwal & Rishi bt Benjamin Lock & Courtney John Lock (Zim) 7-5, 7-6(4); Beran & Paris bt Anvit Bendre & Aryan Goveas 6-3, 6-7(5), [11-9].
