Prakash-Ram in Turkey challenger doubles final
May 16th, 2009 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANSIzmir (Turkey), May 16 (IANS) India’s Prakash Amritraj and American Rajeev Ram overcame stoic resistance from Russians Michail Elgin and Alexandre Kudryavtsev 7-6(8), 1-6, 10-5, to enter the doubles final of the 64,000 euros Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) challenger here Friday.
Prakash, who of late has been plagued by a calf injury, bowed out of the singles with a 2-6, 4-6 loss to Czech Pavel Snobel in the quarter-final.
The second-seeded Indo-American pair now play top seeded Israelis Jonathan Erlich and Harel Levy, who beat fourth-seeded Ukrainian pair Sergei Bubka and Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 6-1, for the title clash.
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- Bopanna-Qureshi go down fighting in Bangkok tourney - Mar 21, 2009
- Bopanna-Raja out of Tashkent challenger - Oct 17, 2008
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- Bopanna out of Bangkok challenger singles - Mar 19, 2009
- Somdev-Martin bow out of Seoul Challenger - Oct 26, 2009
- French Open: Paes, Bhupathi in mixed doubles second round - May 26, 2011
- Wimbledon qualifiers: Prakash advances; Somdev crashes out - Jun 15, 2009
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