Ramkumar Ramanathan-Anirudh Chandrasekar win doubles ATP Challenger title

Ramkumar Ramanathan and Anirudh Chandrasekar capped off a strong week in the USA by winning the men’s doubles title at the Lexington Open 2025 ATP Challenger tennis tournament in Kentucky on Saturday.

The second-seeded all-Indian pair defeated the Chinese Taipei duo of Yu Hsiou Hsu and Ray Ho Huang 6-4, 6-4 in the final to clinch the crown.

Ramkumar and Anirudh were dominant on serve throughout the contest and held all their service games. The Indian tennis players managed to convert one break in each set, which proved enough to seal the match in an hour and eight minutes.

This was Ramkumar Ramanathan’s 11th ATP Challenger doubles title of his career but the first partnering Anirudh, who bagged his eighth Challenger crown in Kentucky.

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