Doumbia/Reboul win Chengdu to boost Turin hopes

p Competing at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/chengdu/7581/overview'Chengdu Open/a seems to bring out the best in a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sadio-doumbia/d917/overview'Sadio Doumbia/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabien-reboul/re45/overview'Fabien Reboul/a. /p

p 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 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yuki-bhambri/bf55/overview'Yuki Bhambri/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/albano-olivetti/o411/overview'Albano Olivetti/a. 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. /p

p With their 96-minute win, Doumbia and Reboul also avenged their defeat to Bhambri and Olivetti in the teamsrsquo; 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 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, is now 31-15 for 2024. /p

p Doumbia and Reboul have boosted their chances of qualifying for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a 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. /p

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pstrong Nedunchezhiyan/Prashanth Triumph In Hangzhou /strongbr /

At the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/hangzhou/4713/overview'Hangzhou Open/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jeevan-nedunchezhiyan/n480/overview'Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vijay-sundar-prashanth/pa97/overview'Vijay Sundar Prashanth/a rallied to their first ATP Tour title as a team with a 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-7 championship-match win against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/constantin-frantzen/f09r/overview'Constantin Frantzen/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hendrik-jebens/j09f/overview'Hendrik Jebens/a. /p

p 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. /p

pimg alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vijay-sundar-prashanth/pa97/overview'Vijay Sundar Prashanth/a/a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jeevan-nedunchezhiyan/n480/overview'Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/a" style="width: 100%;" src="/-/media/images/news/2024/09/24/13/39/prashanth-nedunchezhiyan-hangzhou-2024-trophy-shot.jpg" /br /

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a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vijay-sundar-prashanth/pa97/overview'Vijay Sundar Prashanth/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jeevan-nedunchezhiyan/n480/overview'Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/a celebrate their title in Hangzhou. Photo Credit: a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/hangzhou/4713/overview'Hangzhou Open/a. /sub/sup/em/p

p 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/ a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rohan-bopanna/b757/overview'Rohan Bopanna/a). Tuesdayrsquo;s title win in Hangzhou was the 37-year-old Prashanthrsquo;s first at tour-level. /p

p ldquo;I want to thank Vijay Sundar for playing doubles with me,rdquo; said Nedunchezhiyan at the trophy ceremony. ldquo;Itrsquo;s just the first year we are playing together and wersquo;ve already got a 250 title. It feels surreal.rdquo; /p

p Prashanth added: ldquo;I want to thank my partner. Itrsquo;s very special for me, my first tour-level titlehellip; It was a great occasion for us. We enjoyed it, and Irsquo;m glad we won it.rdquo; /p

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