Rohan Bopanna And Ramkumar Ramanathan Reach Doubles Final Of Tata Open Maharashtra

Finland youngster Emil Ruusuvuori earned a shot at his maiden ATP World Tour title with a hard-fought win over Kamil Majchrzak while Joao Sousa edged out Elias Ymer after saving three match points in high-quality semifinals at the Tata Open Maharashtra, in Pune on Saturday. In the doubles event, the second seeded Indian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan saved three match points to beat the French pair of Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 6-4 4-6 12-10 to storm into the final. Kamil got himself to a position where he was serving for the second set to force a decider but 22-year-old Emil walked out a with a 6-3 7-6 (0) win after one hour and 46 minutes of engrossing tennis at the Balewadi Sports Complex.

In the other semifinal, world number 137 Sousa used all his experience to wriggle out of crunch situation against talented Ymer to win the marathon contest 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5 in three hours and 13 minutes.

Sousa, 32, will now fight for his fourth singles title in his 11th final on the ATP Tour.

In doubles, he Indian team was down 2-7 and 6-9 in the Super Tie Break but held nerves to come out winner.

It will be second ATP final together for Bopanna and Ramkumar, having won the Adelaide event at the beginning of the season.

In the first singles semifinal, intense rallies featured from the beginning with both Emil, ranked 87, and 95th-ranked Kamil displaying their range of shots. It was not before the eighth game that a break opportunity opened up for the Finnish player in the opening set.

Kamil's backhand landed just outside the lines and Emil found a passing winner to convert the chance as the Polish player was not in a position to counter while approaching the net.

Emil's ability to find angled shots, that made Kamil