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Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale reach WTA Tour doubles final in Chennai

The Indian pair became the first all-Indian women's team to reach a main-level WTA Tour doubles final.

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  • Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale reached a WTA Tour doubles final at the Chennai Open
  • They beat second seeds Weronika Falkowska and Alana Smith 6-2, 2-6, 10-8 in a super tie-break
  • They will play Swiss pair Naima Karamoko and Simona Waltert in the final

India's Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale have become the first all-Indian women's pair to reach a final at the main level of the WTA Tour in doubles. They achieved the feat at the Chennai Open on Saturday, 7 November.

The pair beat second seeds Weronika Falkowska and Alana Smith 6-2, 2-6, 10-8 in the semi-final. They lost the second set but recovered to win the match-deciding super tie-break, which is played to 10 points in place of a third set.

The final will be against Switzerland's Naima Karamoko and Simona Waltert. The Adkar-Bhosale pair now have a chance to win a main-tour title, something no all-Indian women's pair has done before.

The result is a milestone for Indian women's tennis in doubles, a discipline where Indian players have often competed at lower levels of the tour. A place in a main-tour final gives the pair wider exposure and points on the rankings.

The Chennai Open is the first main-tour event of its kind staged in India in this format.

The final is scheduled to follow the semi-finals. Match time has not been announced.

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Sources: NDTV Sports, Times of India

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