Leander Paes

The top seeded pair of Leander Paes Paes and Joe Salisbury overcame Americans Austin Krajicek and Jackson Withrow 7-6, 6-4 to reach the doubles final at the ATP Challenger event in Dallas, US. They will face Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and his Indonesian partner Christopher Rungkat, who downed Dennis Novikov and Goncalo Oliveira 6-3, 6-3 in the other semi-final. The last time Paes and Nedunchezhiyan were up against each other was at the Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune, where Rohan Bopanna and he had emerged victorious.