Chennai, Feb. 7 -- Indian duo and defending champions Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni moved one step closer to a second consecutive Chennai Open ATP Challenger title with a hard-fought 7-6, 7-6 win over top seeds Ray Ho and Matthew Christopher Romios here on Friday evening.

The third seeded Indian duo had their hands full in the contest, being forced to save a set point in the second set tiebreak before emerging winners on their third match point.

However, the second seeded Indian duo of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth went down in a match tiebreak to Shintaro Mochizuki and Kaito Uesugi of Japan in the other semis.

After the Indians won the first set 6-4, the Japanese pair won the second set by th...