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Adkar and Bhosale meet Swiss pair Karamoko and Waltert in Chennai Open doubles final
The all-Indian pair play for the title on Sunday, November 8, after becoming the first all-Indian pair to reach a doubles final on the main WTA Tour.
Key points
- Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale face Naima Karamoko and Simona Waltert of Switzerland in Sunday's final.
- The Swiss pair reached it by beating Isabelle Haverlag and Panna Udvardy 6-4, 6-4.
- The singles final is Janice Tjen against Magda Linette.
Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale play for the Chennai Open doubles title on Sunday, November 8, against the Swiss pair of Naima Karamoko and Simona Waltert. No start time has been announced in the reports available.
The two Indians reached the final on Saturday by beating second seeds Weronika Falkowska and Alana Smith 6-2, 2-6, 10-8 in the semi-final, the first time an all-Indian pair has reached a doubles final on the main WTA Tour. The tournament is a WTA 250 event at the SDAT Tennis Stadium.
Karamoko and Waltert won their semi-final 6-4, 6-4 against Isabelle Haverlag and Panna Udvardy. They did not drop a set in that match, while the Indians needed a deciding tie-break to get through.
The singles final
The singles title will be decided between top seed and defending champion Janice Tjen of Indonesia and third seed Magda Linette of Poland. Tjen beat Robin Montgomery 6-3, 6-4 in 1 hour 23 minutes. Linette came from a set down to beat seventh seed Anastasia Zakharova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Sunday’s match gives Indian tennis a chance to end the week with a title on home courts. Wild card Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi, 17, had earlier reached the singles quarter-finals before losing to Montgomery.