Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/ Purav Raja pair thread

[sameerph]

They lost in QF this week.

At St. Tropez Challenger, France

[QF] (3) Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) l. Hugo Grenier (FRA) / Alexandre Muller (FRA) 64 16 2-10

Next week they are Cassis Challenger for which I have opened a thread.

[sameerph]

Jeevan and Purav have reached the final this week in Portugal.

At Lisbon Challenger 80, Portugal (Clay)

[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) d. (WC) Tiago Cacao (POR) / Goncalo Falcao (POR) 63 62

[QF] (1) Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) d. Franseco Forti (ITA) / Giulio Zeppieri (POR) 63 64

[SF] (1) Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) d. (WC) Jaime Faria (POR) / Luis Faria (POR) 64 63

Next,

[F] (1) Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) vs. Nunu Borges (POR) / Frasisco Cabral (POR)

[jaydeep]

Good to see they r in the final with comfortable wins.

[Dinesh]

The score is incorrect for their SF match. I watched it and it wasn’t that much of an easy win for our pair. Correct score - 4-6 6-3 10-5. Also, I could hear our pair’s voice a lot, as they had to cheer themselves throughout the complete match to be able to concentrate and win.

[prasen9]

Go PuRa JeNedu !!!

[sameerph]

And they won the title.

At Lisbon Challenger 80, Portugal (Clay)

[F] (1) Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) d. Nunu Borges (POR) / Frasisco Cabral (POR) 76(5) 63

Good to see a title for this pair after long time.

[jaydeep]

Yes, good to see the title win by our pair ... This was a first title for Jeevan in 3 years and 1st title of this year for Purav.

[Omkara]

Yes, good to see the title win by our pair ... This was a first title for Jeevan in 3 years and 1st title of this year for Purav.

Feel sad for Jeevan. Post his Chennai Open win in 2017, his career went nowhere. First title in three years must have been tough for him. Lack of regular partner hurts.

He made it to another atp final. By March'19 he was ranked 64. Then fell off

[PKBasu]

Purav Raja has been in a Challenger or higher doubles final every year since 2008. He has won titles every year since 2009 (except in 2012, when he lost 2 Challenger finals). And he of course won a couple of ATP tour titles with Divij (in 2013 in Colombia and 2015 in Los Cabos, Mexico). A pretty reasonable career, mainly at the Challenger level, but 4-5 years (2012-17) playing regularly on the ATP tour as well.

[sameerph]

This week they lost in first round though.

At Barcelona Challenger 80, Spain

[R1] (1) Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) l. Philip Horansky (SVK) / Alex Molcan (SVK) 76(2) 26 8-10

[prasen9]

And now, JeNedu and Eastern King drew the #1 seeds at the Ferrero Challenger. But, hey, that is an opportunity to get a memorable (okay for a few months) victory. Go Jee and Eastern!

[sameerph]

They again drew second seeds and lost in first round.

At Isanming Challenger 80, Germany

[R1] Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) l. (2) Szymon Walkow (POL) / Jan Zielinski (POL) 57 67(10)

[sameerph]

Jeevan-Purav have gone thru to SF this week in Spain.

At Tenerife Challenger 80, Spain

[R1] (2) Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) d. Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) / Fredrico Ferreira Silva (POR) 61 64

[QF] (2) Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) d. (WC) Ivan Marrero Curbelo (ESP) / Hillel Rousseau (HAI) 36 75 10-6

Next,

[SF] 2) Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) vs. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) / Feliciano Lopez (ESP)

[Omkara]

It's a very beautiful place to play. Situated right next to the beach, the courts look beautiful. Hope they win another one here.

[sameerph]

Well, they got lucky and got a walkover.

At Tenerife Challenger 80, Spain


[SF] (2) Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) d. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) / Feliciano Lopez (ESP)

Next,

[F] (2) Jeevan Nedunzheziyan (IND) /Purav Raja (IND) vs. (3) Nuno Borges (POR)/ Frasisco Cabral (POR)