CHANDIGARH, SEPT 15 (UNI) Purav Raja of India and his partner Rameez Junaid of Australia won the doubles title after beating second seeded pair of Timur Khabibulin of Kazakhstan and Vladyslav Manafov of Ukraine in the final of $ 75,000 Istanbul Challenger in Turkey. The final emerging Raja-Junaid as winners by 7-6(4) 4-6 10-7 lasted for 106 minutes. The winner duo received a cash award of $ 4,650 and 90 points.
As many as 15 double faults, including eight by Raja-Junaid, were committed. Both pairs served two aces each. Junaid-Raja saved three of seven break points while Khabibulin-Manafov saved six out of nine. Raja-Junaild won 79 per cent first service (31/39) while their opponents won 65 per cent first service (32/49).
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