Chennai, Feb. 13 -- An Indian player is guaranteed to lift the doubles title at the Chennai Open ATP Challenger Men's International Tennis Championship 2026, currently underway at the SDAT Stadium, after top seededduo of Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha of India and Pruchya Isaro of Thailand set up a final showdown against the unseeded pairing ofMukund Sasikumar (India)/Jay Clarke (UK) tomorrow.
Poonacha/Isaro, fresh from their Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open last month, combined to defeat the all-Indian pair ofS.D. Prajwal Dev/Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-4, 6-1 on Friday to book their place in the final.
The top seeds led 5-1 in the opening set before Dev/Sinha mounted a mini-comeback to narrow the gap to 5-4. However, the Indo-Thai pair closed o...