Yuki Bhambri Wins 1st Doubles Title of 2015 Season

The unseeded Indo-Spanish pair was trailing 5-7, 1-1 against the second pair of Sergey Betov and Mikhail Elgin when the skies opened up yesterday and the final was rescheduled.

Karshi, Uzbekistan: Indian Davis Cupper Yuki Bhambri clinched his first doubles title of the season with partner Adrian Menendez-Maceiras, following a nerve-wracking win in the rain-hit final of the ATP Challenger event, here on Saturday.

The unseeded Indo-Spanish pair was trailing 5-7, 1-1 against the second pair of Sergey Betov and Mikhail Elgin when the skies opened up yesterday and the final was rescheduled.

Yuki and Adrian were down a break point in the second set when the match began but they held their nerves and went on to win the final 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 in one hour and 23 minutes.

We were in a tough spot with my partner serving at 30-40 1-1 in the second set and we held from there and broke them (rival) in the next game,” Yuki said.