The Australian No.3 seed, Max Purcell, continued his brilliant run in the ATP challengers events in India. Having won titles in Chennai and Bengaluru in the back-to-back weeks, the Australian needed just one hour and 12 minutes to beat Serbia's Miljan Zekic 6-2,6-3 to make it to the finals at the PMR open ATP challenger men's 100 tennis championship.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the final on Sunday Purcell will meet Italian No. 4 seed, Luca Nardi, ending the challenge of qualifier Czech Republic's, Dominik Palan, 7-6(4),1-6,7-5 in 2 hours and 15 minutes in the event organised by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) at the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Tennis Stadium.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Anirudh Chandrasekar and N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth of India won the doubles title. The all-Indian pair won the doubles title of the tournament beating the fifth-seeded Japanese combination of Toshihide Matsui and Kaito Uesugi 6-1, 4-6 [10-3] in an hour and 11 minutes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The doubles winners got Trophy, $7,590 and 100 APT points while the runner-ups got the Trophy, $4,400 and 60 ATP points.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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Singles (semifinals): 4-Luca Nardi (ITA, 158) bt Q-Dominik Palan (CZE,412) 7-6(4), 1-6, 7-5; 3-Max Purcell (AUS, 155) bt Miljan Zekic (SRB, 241) 6-2, 6-3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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