Aryan-Arjun win 2nd ITF doubles title on the trot

by Shrutee K/DNS

Mumbai's Aryan Goveas, along with his partner from Pune, Arjun Kadhe, made it two out of two, winning their second ITF doubles title on the trot with a 6-7 (1), 6-1, 10-7 win over Oleksandr Bielinskyi of Ukraine and Russia's Ronald Slobodchikov in the final of the Egypt Futures in Cairo on Saturday, according to information reaching here.

Aryan and Arjun had won their maiden titles last week and carried on the momentum, this week too, winning the initial three rounds in straight sets.

In the final, against opponents who had upset the top seeds in the semis, the games went with serve before the Ukraine-Russian combine ran away with the tie-breaker in the first set.

However, the second set was dominated by the Indian duo, who broke their opponents twice to win 6-1. The super tie-break saw Aryan and Arjun jump to a 4-2 lead,which they extended to 7-2, before the opponents  staged a fight to pull back to 4-7 and then 7-8. However, Aryan then served out the match to wrap up the super tie-breaker 10-7.